Felice Fontana, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Felice Fontana

Italian physicist

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1730

Place of Birth: Pomarolo, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy

Date of Death: 19-Mar-1805

Profession: naturalist, physicist, botanist, entomologist, anatomist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Felice Fontana (15 April 1730 – 9 March 1805) was an Italian physicist who discovered the water gas shift reaction in 1780.
He is also credited with launching modern toxicology and investigating the human eye.