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1777 – 1851Hans Christian Ørsted (1777-1851)Died 9 March 1851, aged 73Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, founding the field of electromagnetism. The SI unit of magnetic field strength, the oersted, is named after him.
1777 – 1851H.C. ØrstedDiscoverer of ElectromagnetismScientific giant who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields.