Michael Faraday
Physicist and Chemist; Electrochemistry Pioneer
Born
September 22nd, 1791
233 years ago
Died
August 25th, 1867
157 years ago — 75 years old
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
United Kingdom
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Born in 1791, a prominent English physicist and chemist significantly contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Worked at the Royal Institution in London, where conducted groundbreaking experiments that laid the foundation for many technologies used today. Developed the concepts of electromagnetic fields and induction, leading to the invention of the electric motor. His work on electrolysis established fundamental laws still applied in modern chemistry.
Discovered electromagnetic induction
Developed Faraday's laws of electrolysis
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