 Jean Charles Athanase Peltier

Jean Charles Athanase Peltier was a French physicist known for his contributions to thermoelectricity. Born on February 22, 1785, and passing away on October 27, 1845, he is best remembered for discovering the Peltier effect in 1834. The Peltier effect describes the heating or cooling that occurs when an electric current passes through a junction of two different conductors or semiconductors.