Alessandro Volta ( 1745 - 1827 )

Birth: Como, duchy of Milan, Italy (19 February 1745) Death: Como, duchy of Milan, Italy (05 March 1827) Research Field: Physics Career: Professor of Physics, Gymnasium, Como (1774); friend of H B de Saussure; Professor of Physics, Pavia (1779); called to Pairs by Napoleon I to demonstrate some of his experiments (1801); Director of the Philosophical Faculty, Padua (1815); retired and settled in Como (1819); "volt" named after him Membership: Fellow Election Date: 5/05/1791 Medals/Prizes: Copley Medal 1794.