Biography
Ovidio Rebaudi Balestra, Paraguayan chemist (Asunción, 31 December 1860 – Buenos Aires, Argentine 17 October 1931)
From Italian father and Argentine mother
Authored the first chemical analysis of Stevia rebaudiana, isolating the glycoside stevioside (1900)
Developed a new procedure of active tannin dosage for the leather
Honored in glycoside rebaudioside