Name :
Michael Faraday
Place, Date of Birth :
Newington Butts, 22 September 1791
Education :
Laboratory Sir Humphry Davy as Lab Assistant
Address :
Newington Butss, London, England
Hobby :
Reading (about Sains, Chemical, Physic)
Michael
Faraday was born on 22 September 1791 in Newington Butts. He is third child of
four children from James Faraday and Margaret Hastwell. Although Faraday
received little formal education, he was one of the most influential scientists
in history. Michael Faraday attended a local school until he was 13, where he
received a basic education. He worked hard and impressed his employer. After a
year, he was promoted to become an apprentice bookbinder. After working hard
each day, he spent his free time reading the books. Faraday began work at the
Royal Institution of Great Britain at the age of 21 on March 1, 1813. In 1824,
aged 32, he was elected to the Royal Society. This was recognition that he had
become a notable scientist in his own right. In 1825, aged 33, he became
Director of the Royal Institution’s Laboratory. In 1833, aged 41, he became
Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. He
held this position for the rest of his life.In 1848, aged 54, and again in 1858
he was offered the Presidency of the Royal Society, but he turned it down.
Here are some of his most notable
discoveries :
1821: Discovery of
Electromagnetic Rotation
1823: Gas Liquefaction and
Refrigeration
1825: Discovery of Benzene
1831: Discovery of Electromagnetic
Induction
1836: Invention of the Faraday
Cage
1845: Discovery of the Faraday
Effect – a magneto-optical effect
1845: Discovery of Diamagnetism
as a Property of all Matter
Michael Faraday died in London,
aged 75, on August 25, 1867. He was survived by his wife Sarah. They had no
children.
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