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