Camillo Golgi
Physician and pathologist, Nobel laureate
Born
July 7th, 1843
182 years ago
Died
January 21st, 1926
99 years ago — 82 years old
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
Italy
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Developed the silver chromate staining method
Identified the Golgi apparatus in cells
Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906
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