Laura Bassi

Description: (Italian Physicist)
Known as Bolognese Minerva, Laura Bassi became the first woman physics professor to have taught at a European university, when she started teaching at the University of Bologna. A child prodigy, she excelled in Latin and math at age 5. She was also the first lady with a doctorate in science.

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Birthday October 29, 1711 (Scorpio)
Died on February 20, 1778
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