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Alessandro Volta

Inventor · born February 18, 1745 · died 1827

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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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  1. ~49Received the Copley Medal1794
  2. ~64Became senator1809

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