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VOLTA, ALESSANDRO (1745-1827)

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 198 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: VIR-WAT
VOLTA, ALESSANDRO (1745-1827) , Italian physicist, was born at Como on the 18th of
February
  1745. He is celebrated as a
pioneer
  of electrical science, after whom the " volt " is named. In 1774 he was appointed professor of physics in the gymnasium of Como, and in 1777 he travelled through Switzer-land, where he formed an intimate friendship with H. B. de
Saussure
 . In 1779 a chair of physics was founded in Pavia, and Volta was chosen to occupy it. In 1782 he journeyed through France, Germany, Holland and England, and became acquainted with many scientific celebrities. In 1791 he received the Copley
medal
  of the Royal Society. In 18o1
Napoleon
  called him to Paris, to show his experiments on contact electricity, and a
medal
  was struck in his honour. He was made a senator of the kingdom of Lombardy. In r815 the emperor of Austria made him director of the philosophical faculty of Padua. In 1819 he retired and settled in his native town, where he died on the 5th of
March
  1827. For Volta's electrical
work
 , and his place in the history of discovery (see ELECTRICITY; also VOLTMETER).


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