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Michael Faraday (/ ˈ f ær ə d eɪ,-d i /; 22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English physicist and chemist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction , diamagnetism and electrolysis .
Michael Faraday (1791 – 1867), an English chemist and physicist, ... At his death, at the age of 98, Rockefeller's remaining fortune was estimated at $1.4 billion.
It commemorates Michael Faraday's importance as a scientist and was placed at Elephant and Castle because Faraday's birthplace is nearby in Newington Butts. The memorial stands in Elephant Square The interior of the construction contains a London Underground electrical substation for the Northern line and Bakerloo line (somewhat appropriate for ...
The following is a list of people who are considered a "father" or "mother" (or "founding father" or "founding mother") of a scientific field.Such people are generally regarded to have made the first significant contributions to and/or delineation of that field; they may also be seen as "a" rather than "the" father or mother of the field.
1791 - Birth of Michael Faraday, English scientist (d. 1867) 1888 - The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published; 1901 - Birth of Charles B. Huggins, Canadian-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997) 1912 - Birth of Herbert Mataré, German physicist and European co-inventor of the transistor
Joseph Henry (December 17, 1797 [1] [2] – May 13, 1878) was an American physicist and inventor who served as the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.He was the secretary for the National Institute for the Promotion of Science, a precursor of the Smithsonian Institution. [3]
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The Chemical History of a Candle was the title of a series of six lectures on the chemistry and physics of flames given by Michael Faraday at the Royal Institution in 1848, as part of the series of Christmas lectures for young people founded by Faraday in 1825 and still given there every year.