André-Marie Ampère
1775 – 1836 · aged 61
French physicist and mathematician (1775–1836)
- Born
- 20 Jan 1775 · Lyon
- Died
- 10 Jun 1836 · Marseille
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- 20 Jan 1775BornBorn in Lyon
- 1814AwardKnight of the Legion of Honour
- 1827AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 1835AwardHonorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- 10 Jun 1836DiedDied in Marseille
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- 1789 – 1799French Revolution
- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
Biography
André-Marie Ampère (20 January 1775 – 10 June 1836) was a French physicist and mathematician who was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as electrodynamics. He also made important contributions in chemistry and philosophy. He is also the inventor of numerous applications, such as the solenoid (a term coined by him) and the electrical telegraph. As an autodidact, Ampère was a member of the French Academy of Sciences and professor at the École polytechnique and the Collège de France.
The SI unit of electric current, the ampere (A), is named after him. His name is also one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel Tower. The term kinematic is the English version of his cinématique, which he constructed from the Greek κίνημα kinema ("movement, motion"), itself derived from κινεῖν kinein ("to move").
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