Icilio Guareschi

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name = Icilio Guareschi


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birth_date = birth date|1847|12|24
birth_place = San Secondo Parmense, Italy
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nationality = Italian
death_date = death date and age|1918|6|20|1847|12|24
death_place = Turin, Italy
field = organic chemistry
work_institution = University of Siena,
University of Turin
alma_mater = University of Bologna
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known_for = Guareschi-Thorpe condensation
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Icilio Guareschi (24 December 1847 – 20 June 1918 ) was a Italian chemist.

Icilio Guareschi studied at the University of Bologna and received his Ph.D there in 1871. He became professor at the University of Siena and in 1879 at the University of Turin, where he worked until his deth in 1918.

Guareschi worked in the field of organic chemistry, pharmacy, toxicology and the history and chemistry. In 1894 he discoverd a reaction to synthesise 2-Pyridones, today known as the Guareschi-Thorpe condensation.

References

* [http://www.contradatrinitas.it/sgunden/Iguar.htm ICILIO GUARESCHI]