Birth Day | July 7, 1843 |
Birth Place | Italy |
Age | 176 YEARS OLD |
Died On | Jan 21, 1926 (age 82) |
Birth Sign | Cancer |
Italian scientist and physician responsible for the discovery of the nervous tissue-related phenomenon known as the "black reaction". He also discovered the sensory organ which came to be known as the Golgi receptor.
He worked at a psychiatric hospital.
In 1906, he earned the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries on the human nervous system.
His father was also a physician.
He and Physicist Enrico Fermi are both Italians who have received the Nobel Prize in their respective fields.