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Hans Christian Ørsted
1777 – 1851 · aged 74
Danish physicist and chemist (1777-1851)
- Born
- 14 Aug 1777 · Rudkøbing
- Died
- 9 Mar 1851 · Copenhagen
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- 14 Aug 1777BornBorn in Rudkøbing
- 1815AwardKnight of the Order of the Dannebrog
- 1820AwardCopley Medal
- 1821AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 1824AwardDecoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog
- 1825 – 1826RoleRector
- 1829 – 1851RoleRector
- 1836AwardCommander of the Order of the Dannebrog
- 1839AwardHonorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- 1840 – 1841RoleRector
- 1847AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog
- 1850 – 1851RoleRector
- 9 Mar 1851DiedDied in Copenhagen
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1777 – 1851).
- 1789 – 1799French Revolution
- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
Biography
Hans Christian Ørsted (Danish: [ˈɶɐ̯steð] ; 14 August 1777 – 9 March 1851), sometimes transliterated as Oersted ( UR-sted), was a Danish chemist and physicist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields. This phenomenon is known as Oersted's law. He also discovered aluminium, a chemical element.
A leader of the Danish Golden Age, Ørsted was a close friend of Hans Christian Andersen and the brother of politician and jurist Anders Sandøe Ørsted, who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1853 to 1854.
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