Alessandro Volta, inventor of the electric battery.

Napoleon Bonaparte admired Volta, and invited him to the Institut de France to demonstrate his invention to the members of the institute. Volta enjoyed a certain amount of closeness with the emperor throughout his life and was conferred numerous honours by him.

Despite his professional success, Volta tended to be a person inclined towards domestic life especially in his later years. The SI unit of electric potential is named in his honour as the volt.

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