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He was born in Coma italy.His parents were Filippo Volta and Maria Volta.
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1774 he became professor of physics at the Royal School in Como, and in the following year he devised the electrophorus, an instrument that produced charges of static electricity.
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In 1779 he became professor of physics at the University of Pavia he occupied for 25 years.
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This is when Alessandro Volta Built the Battery
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By 1800 he had developed the so-called voltaic pile, a forerunner of the electric battery, which produced a steady stream of electricity.
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In 1819 he finally retired to private life in his country house in Camnago.
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Alessandro Voltas death was unexpectedfor him and his family