Hans Christian Ørsted
Danish physicist and chemist
Hans Christian Ørsted FRSE was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the first connection found between electricity and magnetism. Oersted's law and the oersted unit are named after... Wikipedia
Born: August 14, 1777, Rudkøbing, Denmark
Died: March 9, 1851 (age 73 years), Copenhagen, Denmark
Discovered: Aluminium
Education: Technical University of Denmark and Copenhagen University
Grandchild: H.C. Ørsted
Children: Albert Nicolai Ørsted, Karen Ørsted, Mathilde Elisabeth Ørsted, and more
Parents: Søren Christian Ørsted and Karen Hermandsen