# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/felice-fontana
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:04:03.861Z

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name: "Felice Fontana"
slug: "felice-fontana"
description: "Abbé Gasparo Ferdinando Felice Fontana was an Italian polymath who contributed to experimental studies in physiology, toxicology, and physics. As a physicist he discovered the water gas shift reaction in 1780. He investigated the human eye and has also been credited with discovering the nucleolus of a cell. His work on the venom of vipers was among the earliest experimental toxicological studies. He served as a court physicist for Peter Leopold, Duke of Tuscany and taught at the University of Pisa. He was involved in the establishment of the La Specola museum in Florence."
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birthDate: "1730-04-15"
deathDate: "1805-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump