Michael Faraday

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chemist human inventor physicist scientist

Michael Faraday was a pioneering 19th-century English scientist whose groundbreaking work in electromagnetism and electrochemistry laid the foundations for much of modern physics and electrical engineering.

Aliases (1)

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Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chemist → human → inventor → physicist → scientist →
awardReceived	Copley Medal → Royal Medal →
burialPlace	Highgate Cemetery →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
dateOfBirth	1791-09-22 →
dateOfDeath	1867-08-25 →
dateOfMarriage	1821-06-12 →
educatedAt	self-taught →
employer	Royal Institution →
ethnicGroup	English →
familyName	Faraday →
fieldOfWork	chemistry → electrochemistry → electromagnetism → physics →
fullName	Michael Faraday →
givenName	Michael →
hasHonorificNameIn	Faraday cage → Faraday constant → Faraday effect → farad →
influenced	James Clerk Maxwell → Nikola Tesla → Thomas Edison → development of electrical engineering →
knownFor	Faraday cage → Faraday constant → Faraday effect → Faraday rotation → Faraday's law of induction → concept of electric field → diamagnetism → early work on electric motors → electromagnetic induction → laws of electrolysis →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Royal Society →
notableWork	Experimental Researches in Electricity →
occupation	bookbinder's apprentice →
placeOfBirth	England → Newington Butts → Surrey →
placeOfDeath	England → Hampton Court → Middlesex →
positionHeld	Fullerian Professor of Chemistry →
religion	Christianity → Sandemanian →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Sarah Barnard →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bakerian Medal and Prize → Copley Medal → Royal Medal → Rumford Medal → Volta Prize →	notableRecipient
Alessandro Volta → André-Marie Ampère → Hans Christian Ørsted → Henry Cavendish →	influenced
James Clerk Maxwell → Nikola Tesla → On Physical Lines of Force →	influencedBy
Faraday Building → Faraday's law of induction →	namedAfter
Michael Faraday ("Faraday") →	familyName
Michael Faraday →	fullName
Highgate Cemetery →	hasNotableBurial
Faraday's law of induction →	historicalDiscoveryBy
Faraday Building →	namedFor
Philosophical Magazine →	notableAuthor
Victorian era →	notableFigure
Athenaeum Club →	notableMember
Great Exhibition of 1851 →	notableVisitor