Galvani
LUIGI (gäl-vä'nē), an Italian anatomist; born in Bologna, Italy, Galt separated Sept. 9, 1737. celebrity attached to his name to his disated from his new friends to 37.
He studied theology and of Anatomy. Galvani owes the wide there, and in 1762 was elected Professor coveries in animal electricity. He pub- Forces in Muscular Motion" in 1791.
Forces in Muscular Motion" in 1791.
Most of his writings were published in a visit Sicily, then Malta, and finally Greece, where he again renewed his acquaintance with Byron. On his return he published with considerable "Letters from the Levant"; "The Ayrsuccess was now busily engaged in the formation the Parish" (1821), "Sir Andrew Wylie" (1) 1), his masterpiece; Canada in 1826, but three years later re- of the Canada Company. He went to was now busily engaged in the for "( 1822); "The Pro of the Canada Company. He went to Canada in 1826, but three years later reformation turned to England a ruined man, and at once recommenced his literary labors.
His first novel was nan," and a "Life of Lord Byron." In "Lawrie Todd" 1834 he published his "Literary Life and Miscellanies." He returned to Scotland, and died in Greenock, April 11, 1839. an