Laura Maria Caterina Bassi (October 1711 - February 20, 1778) was an Italian physicist and academic. She received a doctoral degree in Philosophy from the University of Bologna in May 1732. She was the first woman to earn a professorship in physics at a university. She is recognized as the first woman in the world to be appointed a university chair in a scientific field of studies.

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Laura Bassi, Italian Physicist

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