Leopoldo Camillo Volta (1751-1823) was an Italian historian, mainly of the stories of his native

Mantua Mantua ( ; ; Lombard language, Lombard and ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region of Lombardy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, eponymous province. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the "Italian Capital of Culture". In 2 ...

. He studied initially under the

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in Mantua, then graduated as a lawyer. After a spell in Vienna, in 1778 he was named by Empress Maria Teresa as prefect of the Government Library of Mantua, established in 1780, which became the

Biblioteca Teresiana The Biblioteca Teresiana (est. 1780) of Mantua, Italy, is a public library founded by sovereign Maria Theresa. History The Teresiana Library was founded by Maria Theresa as part of a larger series of education reforms throughout Mantua and Lombar ...

. He also was director of a local history of antiquities. Dismissed during the French occupation, he regained his post under the Austrian restoration. He wrote a number of manuscripts on the history of Mantua, including
Compendio cronologico-critico della Storia di Mantova
' (1807). He also was editor of a journal titled ''Delle letteratura italiana e letteratura straniera'' starting in 1793.Dizionario biografico universale
Volume 5, by Felice Scifoni, Publisher Davide Passagli, Florence (1849); page 654-655. Among his other publications were: *''Elogio all'abate Pellegrino Salandri'' *''Panegyric in verse of Maria Teresa'' *''Memoria in torno alla vita e agli scritti di Bonifacio Vitalini, leggista Mantovano del secolo XV'' *''Noticia di alcuni letterati della nobile Mantovana famiglia Arrivabene'' *''Osservazioni storico-critiche sopra una chiave di bronze dissotterrata in Mantova nel 1730'' *''Saggio storico sulla topografia Mantovana nel secolo XV''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Volta Leopoldo Camillo 1751 births 1823 deaths Italian editors Italian archaeologists 19th-century Italian historians People from Mantua