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Italian physicist and chemist (1745–1827)

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Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (, ; Italian:[alesˈsandroˈvɔlta]; 18 February 1745 – 5 March 1827) was an Italian physicist and chemist who was a pioneer of electricity and power,^[1][2][3] and is credited as the inventor of the electric battery and the discoverer of methane.

He invented the voltaic pile in 1799, and reported the results of his experiments in a two-part letter to the president of the Royal Society,^[4][5] which was published in 1800.^[6] With this invention, Volta proved that electricity could be generated chemically and debunked the prevalent theory that electricity was generated solely by living beings.

Volta's invention sparked a great amount of scientific excitement and led others to conduct similar experiments, which eventually led to the development of the field of elect