Camillo Golgi was an Italian neurologist and histologist, and his classical structural studies of the nervous system, done in the late 19th Century, are still cited today. In addition, he pioneered the development of many new techniques still used in this sort of study. Golgi was one of the truly great figures of 19th Century science, and in recognition of his work he was named a Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine in 1906.
