Authorised form of name | Volta; Alessandro (1745 - 1827) |
Dates | 1745 - 1827 |
Place of birth | Como, duchy of Milan, Italy |
Date of birth | 19 February 1745 |
Place of death | Como, duchy of Milan, Italy |
Date of death | 05 March 1827 |
Research field | Physics |
Activity | 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
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 05/05/1791 |
Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes: Copley Medal 1794 |
Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB References: Marta Cavazza, 'The Institute of Science of Bologna and the Royal Society in the eighteenth century' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 3-25, plate Paul Elliott, 'Abraham Bennet, FRS (1749-1799): A Provincial Electrician in Eighteenth-Century England' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 59-78 Marie Boas Hall, 'The Royal Society and Italy 1667-1795' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 63-81 Patricia Fara, 'Letters from a scientific emperor', review of Neil Chambers, 'The letters of Sir Joseph Banks: a selection 1768 - 1829' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 264-265 K K Schwarz, 'Faraday and Babbage' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp367-381 N G Coley, 'George Pearson MD, FRS (1751-1828): 'The greatest chemist in England'? in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 161-175 M Crosland, 'Relationships between the Royal Society and the Academie des Sciences in the late eighteenth century' in NR 2005 vol 59 pp 25-34 Notes: DSB gives date of birth as 18 February 1745 |
Royal Society code | NA6396 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference number | Title | Date |
L&P/7/243 | Paper, 'Of a method of rendering very sendible the weakest natural or artificial electricity' by Alessandro Volta | 1782 |
NLB/62/180 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to M. Cesare Morlacchi; R. Pallazo di Brera, Via Brera 28, Milano Italy | 19 December 1921 |
NLB/62/670 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. Paget Toynbee; Fiveways, Burnham, Bucks | 4 April 1922 |
L&P/10/70 | Paper, 'Some further remarks on the influence discovered by Mr Galvani' by Alessandro Volta | 22 May 1793 |
EC/1791/11 | Volta, Alessandro: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
IM/005261 | Volta, Alessandro | nd |
L&P/10/32 | Letters, 'Account of some discoveries made by Galvani of Bologna; with experiments and observation on them' from Alessandro Volta to Tiberius Cavallo | 1792 |
L&P/11/137 | Letter, 'Account of electricity excied by contact and conducting substances of different kinds' from Alessandro Volta to Joseph Banks | 20 March 1800 |
MC/27/339 | Letter from [Silvanus Phillips] Thompson, Morland, Chislett Road, West Hampstead, N.W, to [Joseph] Larmor, [Royal Society] | 17 February 1912 |