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Why did Stanislao Cannizzaro travel to Paris in 1849?

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Stanislao Cannizzaro traveled to Paris in 1849 because he was forced to flee after the failure of the Sicilian revolution, in which he had actively participated on the side of the republicans.1

Once in Paris, he continued his scientific pursuits by joining Michel Chevreul in his laboratory at the MusĂ©um National d’Histoire Naturelle.1