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Italian chemist and politician

Giacomo Luigi Ciamician (Italian pronunciation:[ˈdʒaːkomoluˈiːdʒiˈtʃaːmitʃan]; 27 August 1857 – 2 January 1922) was an Italian chemist and senator.

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He was a pioneer in photochemistry and green chemistry.^[2][3][4][5]

Education and career

Ciamician was born in Trieste, Austrian Empire to ethnic Armenian parents. His family had moved from Istanbul to Trieste in 1850.^[2]

Ciamician studied at University of Vienna and University of Giessen, where he received his PhD under Hugo Weidel in 1880.

He then worked as an assistant for Stanislao Cannizzaro at the University of Rome, before moving to University of Padua as a lecturer in 1887. He became a professor at University of Bologna and spent the rest of his career there.

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In 1910 he became the first man born in Trieste to be nominated Senator, in the XXIII Legislation of the Kingdom of Italy.

Research

Ciamician was Prophet of Solar Energy: A Retrospective View of Giacomo ... RYJ