Cannizzaro
Stanislao
[stah-neez-lah-aw] /ˌstɑ nizˈlɑ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1826–1910, Italian chemist.
Historical Examples
Appletons’ Popular Science Monthly, April 1900 Various
The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) Charles C. F. Greville
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