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Sunday, June 27, 2010

Biodata of Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday

Engraving by John Cochran after a portrait by Henry William Pickersgill, ca. 1820
Born 22 September 1791(1791-09-22)
Newington Butts, Surrey, England
Died 25 August 1867 (aged 75)
Hampton Court, Surrey, England
Residence England
Nationality British
Fields Physics and Chemistry
Institutions Royal Institution
Known for Faraday's law of induction
Electrochemistry
Faraday effect
Faraday cage
Faraday constant
Faraday cup
Faraday's laws of electrolysis
Faraday paradox
Faraday rotator
Faraday-efficiency effect
Faraday wave
Faraday wheel
Lines of force
Influences Humphry Davy
William Thomas Brande
Notable awards Royal Medal (1835 & 1846)
Copley Medal (1832 & 1838)
Rumford Medal (1846)
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