Luigi Galvani

Luigi Galvani (September 9 1737 – December 4 1798) was an Italian physician and physicist who lived and died in Bologna. In 1771, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs twitched when struck by a spark. He was a pioneer in modern obstetrics, and discovered that muscle and nerve cells produce electricity.
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Noun
1. Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798)
(synonym) Galvani
(hypernym) physiologist

n. Italian physician and physicist (1737-1798)