Alessandro Volta vs Robert Burns
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Compare the life timelines of Alessandro Volta (1745–1827) and Robert Burns (1759–1796) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 37 years, from 1759 to 1796.
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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
Robert Burns (1759–1796)
- — Born in Alloway, Ayrshire Verified
- — Educated largely at home and by tutor John Murdoch Verified
- — Worked as a tenant farmer at Mossgiel Verified
- — Published Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Kilmarnock edition) Verified
- — Moved to Edinburgh and was lionized by literary society Verified
- — Wrote 'Auld Lang Syne' Verified
- — Married Jean Armour Verified
- — Appointed an excise officer Verified
- — Wrote 'Tam o' Shanter' and moved to Dumfries Verified
- — Died in Dumfries Verified