André-Marie Ampère was a French physicist and mathematician who was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electrodynamics". He is also the inventor of numerous applications, such as the solenoid... Wikipedia
Born: January 20, 1775, Lyon, France
Died: June 10, 1836 (age 61 years), Marseille, France
Education: École Polytechnique
Children: Jean-Jacques Ampère
Spouse: Julie Carron (m. 1799–1803)
Award: Fellow of the Royal Society (1827)
Parents: Jeanne Antoinette de Sarcey and Jean-Jacques Ampère