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Charles François de Cisternay du Fay

French chemist
Charles François de Cisternay du Fay was a French chemist and superintendent of the Jardin du Roi. He discovered the existence of two types of electricity and named them "vitreous" and "resinous". Wikipedia
Born: September 14, 1698, Paris, France
Died: July 16, 1739 (age 40 years), Paris, France
Known for: electric charge