Ørsted
| Hans Christian Ørsted | |
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14 August 1777 Rudkøbing, Denmark |
| Died | 9 March 1851 (aged 73) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Alma mater | University of Copenhagen (PhD, 1799) |
| Known for | Discovery of electromagnetism |
| Awards | Copley Medal (1820) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics, chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Copenhagen |
| Influences | Immanuel Kant |
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Hans Christian Ørsted (/ˈɜːrstɛd/;Danish: [hans kʁæsdjan ˈɶɐ̯sdɛð]; often rendered Oersted in English; 14 August 1777 – 9 March 1851) was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the first connection found between electricity and magnetism. He is still known today for Oersted's Law. He shaped post-Kantian philosophy and advances in science throughout the late 19th century.
In 1824, Ørsted founded Selskabet for Naturlærens Udbredelse (SNU), a society to disseminate knowledge of the natural sciences. He was also the founder of predecessor organizations which eventually became the Danish Meteorological Institute and the Danish Patent and Trademark Office. Ørsted was the first modern thinker to explicitly describe and name the thought experiment.
A leader of the so-called Danish Golden Age, Ørsted was a close friend of Hans Christian Andersen and the brother of politician and jurist Anders Sandøe Ørsted, who eventually served as Danish prime minister (1853–54).
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