Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday was an English chemist and physicist who contributed vastly to the study of electrochemistry and electromagnetism. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and electrolysis. Although Faraday received little formal education, as a self-made man, he was one of the most influential scientists in history.
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Background
- Born in
- Newington Butts
- Awards
- 🏆 Copley Medal🏆 Rumford Medal
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 John Tyndall
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"The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction."
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"We learn by such results as these, what is the kind of education that science offers to man. It teaches us to be neglectful of nothing, not to despise the small beginnings — they precede of necessity …"
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1791
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Birth1867
Died
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