Hans Christian Ørsted

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academic chemist human inventor physicist

Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist best known for discovering the relationship between electricity and magnetism, laying the foundation for electromagnetism.

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Label	Occurrences
Hans Christian Ørsted canonical	15
Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted	1
Hans Christian Oersted	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic ⓘ chemist ⓘ human ⓘ inventor ⓘ physicist ⓘ
academicDegree	doctorate in philosophy ⓘ
awardReceived	Copley Medal ⓘ Copley Medal ⓘ surface form: Royal Society of London Copley Medal
burialPlace	Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Denmark ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1777-08-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1851-03-09 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Copenhagen ⓘ
employer	University of Copenhagen ⓘ
eponymOf	oersted (unit) ⓘ surface form: oersted (CGS unit of magnetic field strength) Oersted Medal ⓘ surface form: Ørsted Medal Ørsted satellite ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Danish ⓘ
familyName	Ørsted ⓘ
fieldOfWork	chemistry ⓘ electrochemistry ⓘ electromagnetism ⓘ physics ⓘ
genre	scientific literature ⓘ
givenName	Christian ⓘ Hans ⓘ
hasHonorificName	oersted (unit) ⓘ Ørsted (crater on Mercury) ⓘ Ørsted (crater on the Moon) ⓘ Ørsted satellite ⓘ
hasOccupation	philosopher of nature ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
influenced	André-Marie Ampère ⓘ James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ Michael Faraday ⓘ
influencedBy	Immanuel Kant ⓘ Naturphilosophie ⓘ
knownFor	foundational contributions to classical electromagnetism ⓘ showing that electric currents create magnetic fields ⓘ
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned	Danish ⓘ German ⓘ Latin ⓘ
memberOf	Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities ⓘ Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ
movement	Goethean science ⓘ surface form: Romanticism in science
notableWork	discovery of electromagnetism ⓘ discovery of relationship between electricity and magnetism ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Denmark ⓘ Langeland ⓘ Rudkøbing ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Copenhagen ⓘ Denmark ⓘ
positionHeld	director of the Polytechnic Institute in Copenhagen ⓘ professor of physics ⓘ rector of the University of Copenhagen ⓘ
publication	Experimenta circa effectum conflictus electrici in acum magneticam ⓘ
relative	Anders Sandøe Ørsted ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	Anders Sandøe Ørsted ⓘ
significantEvent	1820 experiment demonstrating magnetic effect of electric current ⓘ
workLocation	Copenhagen ⓘ

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Description of subject: Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist best known for discovering the relationship between electricity and magnetism, laying the foundation for electromagnetism.

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oersted Medal → namedAfter → Hans Christian Ørsted ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hans Christian Oersted

Volta Prize → notableRecipient → Hans Christian Ørsted ⓘ

Ørsted → namedAfter → Hans Christian Ørsted ⓘ

oersted (unit) → namedAfter → Hans Christian Ørsted ⓘ

subject surface form: oersted

Ørsted (crater on the Moon) → namedAfter → Hans Christian Ørsted ⓘ

subject surface form: Ørsted (crater)

Ørsted (crater on the Moon) → eponym → Hans Christian Ørsted ⓘ

subject surface form: Ørsted (crater)

Ørsted (crater on the Moon) → honors → Hans Christian Ørsted ⓘ

subject surface form: Ørsted (crater)

this entity surface form: Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted

Ørsted (crater on Mercury) → namedAfter → Hans Christian Ørsted ⓘ

Ørsted (crater on Mercury) → hasEponym → Hans Christian Ørsted ⓘ

Ørsted (crater on Mercury) → eponymFullName → Hans Christian Ørsted ⓘ

Ørsted satellite → namedAfter → Hans Christian Ørsted ⓘ

Naturphilosophie → hasKeyProponent → Hans Christian Ørsted ⓘ

Experimenta circa effectum conflictus electrici in acum magneticam → author → Hans Christian Ørsted ⓘ

Experimenta circa effectum conflictus electrici in acum magneticam → authorFullName → Hans Christian Ørsted ⓘ

Technical University of Denmark → foundedBy → Hans Christian Ørsted ⓘ

Rudkøbing → birthplaceOf → Hans Christian Ørsted ⓘ