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Born January 12, 1729 • Modena • Italy
Died 1799 (aged 69) • Pavia • Cisalpine Republic
Subjects Of Study regeneration • sexual reproduction

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Lazzaro Spallanzani, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist; in the collection of the University of Pavia, Italy.
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