Alessandro Volta

Alessandro Volta was an Italian physicist, chemist, who is known as the inventor of the electrical battery and the discover of methane. He invented the voltaic pile in 1799, and reported results of his experiments in 1800. He also was invited by Napoleon Bonaparte to the institute of France to demonstrate his invention to the members of the Institute. After that, he won the chair of the experimental physics at the university of Pavia. The SI unit of electric potential is named in his honour as the Volt.