Amedeo Avogadro was born in Turin to a noble family of the Kingdom of Sardinia (now part of Italy) in the year 1776. He graduated in ecclesiastical law at the late age of 20 and began to practice. Soon after, he dedicated himself to physics and mathematics (then called positive philosophy), and in 1809 started teaching them at a liceo (high school) in Vercelli, where his family lived and had some property.
Amedeo Avogadro was born in Turin to a noble family of the Kingdom of Sardinia (now part of Italy) in .the year 1776 He grad,uated in ecclesiastical law at the late age of 20 and began to practice. Soon after he dedicated hims,elf to physics and .mathematics (then called positive philosophy), and in 1809 started teaching them at a liceo (high school) in Vercelli where his family lived and had some property