Hans Christian Ørsted
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Hans Christian Ørsted 🇩🇰

Hans Christian Ørsted (Known as "H.C. Ørsted")
Physicist, Chemist, Discoverer of Electromagnetism, Founder of DTU
Born 1777-08-14 🇩🇰 Rudkøbing, Denmark
Passed Away 1851-03-09 Copenhagen, Denmark
Lifespan 73 years old
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"The laws of nature are the thoughts of God made manifest in the unity of physical forces."

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Epoch-making Danish physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetism in 1820, isolated aluminum, and founded the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).

Biographical Record

Hans Christian Ørsted was born on August 14, 1777, in Rudkøbing on the island of Langeland. Educated in pharmacy and philosophy at the University of Copenhagen, he was deeply inspired by Immanuel Kant's view of the unity of fundamental forces in nature.

During a university lecture on April 21, 1820, Ørsted noticed that an electric current from a galvanic battery deflected a magnetic compass needle, establishing for the first time the direct connection between electricity and magnetism. In 1825, he made another monumental breakthrough by becoming the first person to isolate metallic aluminum. He founded the Polytechnic College (now DTU) and the Society for the Dissemination of Natural Science, and the CGS unit of magnetic field strength (oersted) honors his legacy.

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Assistens Cemetery
Copenhagen, Denmark
GPS: 55.6908, 12.5492
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