Amedeo Avogadro.

Amedeo Avogadro was born on 9th August 1776 in Turin, Italy. He graduated to become a lawyer but later he became interested in science. In 1800 he began his private studies in science and mathematics. In 1809 he started teaching science in high school in Vericelli. It was in Vericelli that he published all his papers regarding masses and densities of gases and formulated the hypothesis which is now knows as the Avogadro Law. In 1811 Avogadro published an …

…in chemistry. He was happily married with 6 children. His wife accept his research and supported him even though people then didn't believe him. The research of Avogadro was of great importance in determining atomic and molecular weights of various gases and finding the exact amounts of gases required in specific reactions. Although his research was not appreciated in his time he was honoured for his contribution to chemistry by naming Avogadro Number after his name.