Alessandro Volta
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Alessandro Volta was an Italian physicist and pioneer of electricity best known for inventing the electric battery and giving his name to the unit of electric potential, the volt.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta | 1 |
| Count Alessandro Volta | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic
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human ⓘ inventor ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Copley Medal
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Légion d'honneur ⓘ
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Legion of Honour
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| burialPlace | Camnago Volta ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Duchy of Milan
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1745-02-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1827-03-05 ⓘ |
| discovered |
electrical contact potential
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methane ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Collegio dei Gesuiti di Como ⓘ |
| employer | University of Pavia ⓘ |
| eponymOf |
volt
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voltaic pile ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian ⓘ |
| familyName | Volta ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
electricity
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physics ⓘ |
| fullName |
Alessandro Volta
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surface form:
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta
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| givenName | Alessandro ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Count ⓘ |
| hasMonument | Tempio Voltiano in Como ⓘ |
| honouredIn | SI unit of electric potential (volt) ⓘ |
| influenced |
André-Marie Ampère
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Georg Ohm ⓘ Michael Faraday ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Luigi Galvani ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of the voltaic pile
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invention of the electric battery ⓘ work on electric potential ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Italian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie des Sciences
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French Academy of Sciences
Royal Society ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
discovery of methane
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Voltaic pile ⓘ
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voltaic pile
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| occupation |
inventor
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physicist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Como
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Duchy of Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Como
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Lombardy–Venetia ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of experimental physics at the University of Pavia ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Pavia ⓘ |
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Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta
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Count Alessandro Volta
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