Alessandro Volta

Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta was an Italian chemist and physicist who was a pioneer of electricity and power, and is credited as the inventor of the electric battery and the discoverer of methane.

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Who was born first?

• Alessandro Volta and George Atwood were born the same year
• Alessandro Volta was born 1 year before Jacques Charles
• Alessandro Volta was born 2 years before Abraham-Louis Breguet
• Alessandro Volta was born 2 years after Martin Heinrich Klaproth
• Alessandro Volta was born 2 years after Edmund Cartwright

Timeline

1. Edmund CartwrightApril 24, 1743 – October 30, 1823
2. Martin Heinrich KlaprothDecember 1, 1743 – January 1, 1817
3. Alessandro Volta (this page)February 18, 1745 – March 5, 1827
4. George AtwoodOctober 1745 – July 11, 1807
5. Jacques CharlesNovember 12, 1746 – April 7, 1823
6. Abraham-Louis BreguetJanuary 10, 1747 – September 17, 1823

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