Alexander Volta born to Como, February 17 th 1745 ; after his father's death in 1752 it goes to live with his mother from his uncle canonical Don Alexander.
For formation scholastic Alexander Volta is addressed to the humanistic studies in the school of the Jesuits; in 1861, to avoid that he was induced to undertake the career ecclesiastical the old uncle he prepared the transfer of it near the seminar of S.Caterina of Como, the young autodidactic Alexander he cultivates the passion for the physics and for the philosophers natural; abandons the juridical and religious studies.

Then have eighteen is already in letter correspondence with Don Beccaria, with Nollet, with Franklin in America, with Priestley and other famous physicists of that time; the first meaningful work from the point of view scientific Time the public one in 1769.

In October of 1774 is named 'Regent of the schools of Como', in the following year it gets the desk of experimental physics in the Regal Grammar school of Como.
In 1777 Time it undertakes a long trip that will bring him to meet the Bernoullis, family of physicists to Basilea, De Sausser to Geneva and Voltaire to Fernet.
In the 1778 he's called to assume the desk of experimental physics to the university in Pavia, in July of 1784 he's received in Vienna by the emperor Giuseppe II.
Bride Teresa Peregrini in 1794, after return to Austria in 1799 Volta invents the Pile (Como 1800).
In 1804 he's named Judge of the waters of the department of the Lario , the following year enters the 'electoral Board of the scholars', among the 1806-07 Time it is 'Delegated of the Office of the freedom of the press.
In 1805 it comes him recognized the 'Legion of Honneur' and the title of 'Rider of the real order of the I crown of Iron' in May 1806, to these they are to add an extraordinary number of academic recognitions from the whole scientific world of that time.
In 1814, his child's Flaminio death, precedes of a few years the definitive abandonment of the university in Pavia, in the 1820 Alexander Volta it establishes him to Como in the residence of Campora; March 5 th 1827 dies to the age of 82 years.