Alessandro Volta
Italian physicist and chemist
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta was an Italian physicist and chemist who was a pioneer of electricity and power and is credited as the inventor of the electric battery and the discoverer of methane. Wikipedia
Born: February 18, 1745, Como, Italy
Died: March 5, 1827 (age 82 years), Como, Italy
Siblings: Chiara Volta
Parents: Donna Maddalena and Filippo Volta
Award: Copley Medal (1794)
Children: Zanino Volta and Luigi Volta
Fields: Physics and chemistry