Laura Bassi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Laura Bassi

Italian physicist

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1711

Place of Birth: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Date of Death: 20-Feb-1778

Profession: physicist, mathematician, university teacher, philosopher, anatomist, professor of philosophy

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Laura Maria Caterina Bassi (October 1711 – 20 February 1778) was an Italian physicist and academic.
She received a doctoral degree in Philosophy from the University of Bologna in May 1732.
She was the first woman to earn a professorship in physics at a university.
She is recognized as the first woman in the world to be appointed a university chair in a scientific field of studies.
Bassi contributed immensely to the field of science while also helping to spread the study of Newtonian mechanics through Italy.