Laura Bassi
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Laura Bassi was an 18th-century Italian physicist and academic who became the first woman to earn a university chair in a scientific field and a pioneering figure for women in higher education.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Laura Bassi canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
ⓘ
human ⓘ physicist ⓘ pioneer of women in science ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
natural philosophy
ⓘ
physics ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Italian higher education
ⓘ
history of women in science ⓘ |
| causeOfFame | breaking gender barriers in university science positions ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Italy ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Bologna ⓘ |
| employer | University of Bologna ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian ⓘ |
| familyName | Bassi ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
electricity
ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| genre |
academic disputation
ⓘ
scientific lecture ⓘ |
| givenName | Laura ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudent | students of physics at the University of Bologna ⓘ |
| hasRole |
professor of physics
ⓘ
university chair holder in a scientific field ⓘ |
| influenced | women in science and academia ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment natural philosophy
ⓘ
Isaac Newton ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Italian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna
ⓘ
Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna ⓘ
surface form:
Bologna Academy of Sciences
|
| movement | Enlightenment science ⓘ |
| name | Laura Bassi self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first woman to hold a chair of physics at a university ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first woman to earn a university chair in a scientific field
ⓘ
early research and teaching in Newtonian physics in Italy ⓘ pioneering role for women in higher education ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
ⓘ
physicist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| residence | Bologna ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
appointment to a university chair in a scientific field as a woman
ⓘ
participation in scientific academies in Bologna ⓘ |
| workLocation | Bologna ⓘ |
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