Alessandro Volta vs Mungo Park
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Compare the life timelines of Alessandro Volta (1745–1827) and Mungo Park (1771–1806) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 35 years, from 1771 to 1806.
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Alessandro Volta (1745–1827)
- — Born in Como, Lombardy Verified
- — Became professor of physics at the Royal School in Como Verified
- — Invented an improved electrophorus Verified
- — Discovered and isolated methane Verified
- — Appointed professor of experimental physics at the University of Pavia Verified
- — Married Teresa Peregrini Verified
- — Invented the voltaic pile, the first electric battery Verified
- — Demonstrated the battery before Napoleon in Paris Verified
- — Retired to his estate near Como Verified
- — Died in Como Verified
Mungo Park (1771–1806)
- — Born at Foulshiels near Selkirk, Scotland Verified
- — Studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh Verified
- — Sailed to Sumatra as assistant surgeon on the Worcester Verified
- — Began his first expedition to West Africa for the African Association Verified
- — Reached the Niger River at Ségou Verified
- — Published Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa Verified
- — Married Allison Anderson and settled as a physician in Peebles Verified
- — Departed on a second, government-sponsored Niger expedition Verified
- — Died at the Bussa rapids on the Niger River Verified