1777
Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (died 1851)
Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (died 1851)
Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (died 1851)
Hans Christian Ørsted
Danish chemist and physicist (1777–1851)
- Born
- 1777
Hans Christian Ørsted, sometimes transliterated as Oersted, 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.