Icilio Guareschi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetIcilio Guareschi
Italian chemist
Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1847
Place of Birth: San Secondo Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Date of Death: 20-Jun-1918
Profession: chemist
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Icilio Guareschi
- Icilio Guareschi (24 December 1847 – 20 June 1918) was an Italian chemist. Icilio Guareschi studied at the University of Bologna and received his Ph.D there in 1871.
- He became professor at the University of Siena and in 1879 at the University of Turin, where he worked until his death in 1918. Guareschi worked in the field of organic chemistry, pharmacy, toxicology and the history and chemistry.
- In 1894 he discovered a reaction to synthesise 2-Pyridones, today known as the Guareschi-Thorpe condensation.
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