Faraday (electromagnetism)

Date and place of birth:September 22, 1791,England


Life:. The young Michael Faraday, one of four children, having only the most basic of school educations, had to largely educate himself. He developed an interest in science and specifically in electricity.


Discoveries:He discovered electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and laws of electrolysis.
As a chemist, Faraday discovered benzene, investigated the clathrate hydrate of chlorine, invented an early form of the bunsen burner and the system of oxidation numbers, and popularized terminology such as anode, cathode, electrode, and ion.


Date of death:25 August ,1867