- Born
- September 22, 1791
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Sources- 1.Stated in Q21503556
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in MacTutor History of Mathematics archiveRetrieved 2017-08-22
- 4.Stated in Biografisch Portaal“Michael Faraday”
- 5.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in NationalencyklopedinRetrieved 2017-10-09
- , 1791
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- September 22, 1791
- Died
- August 25, 1867
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Sources- 1.Stated in EB-11 / Faraday, Michael
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in MacTutor History of Mathematics archiveRetrieved 2017-08-22
- 4.Stated in Biografisch Portaal“Michael Faraday”
- 5.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in NationalencyklopedinRetrieved 2017-10-09
- , 1867
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- August 25, 1867
- Birthplace
- Newington Butts
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Sources- 1.Stated in Faraday, Michael (DNB00)
- 2.Stated in MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- , London
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- Newington Butts
- Place of death
- Occupation
- Employer
- Royal Institution(1813–1858)
- , George Riebau(1804–1812)
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- Spouse
- Sarah Barnard(since 1821)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- 2.Stated in Faraday, Michael (DNB00)
- Sarah Barnard(since 1821)
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- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-04
- male
- Place of burial
- Highgate Cemetery coordinates: 51.5682°N, 0.1472°W · burial plot reference: Western Cemetery
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Sources- 1.Stated in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- 2.Stated in Find a Grave
- Highgate Cemetery coordinates: 51.5682°N, 0.1472°W · burial plot reference: Western Cemetery
- Member of
- Royal Society of London(since 1824)
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- Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
- German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- French Academy of Sciences
- Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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- Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- American Philosophical Society
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- Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL
- Académie Nationale de Médecine
- Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- National Academy of Sciences(since 1864) subject has role: International Member of the National Academy of Sciences
- Academy of Sciences of Turin(since 1853)
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- Austrian Academy of Sciences subject has role: honorary member
- Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony
- Royal Society of London(since 1824)
- Awards
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
- Albert Medal(1866) award rationale: for his discoveries in electricity, magnetism, and chemistry, which in their relation to the industries of the world have so largely promoted Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce
- Royal Society Bakerian Medal(1857)
- Rumford Medal(1846)
- honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)(1839)
- Copley Medal(1838) award rationale: For his researches in specific electrical induction.
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Sources- 1.“Award winners : Copley Medal”docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dsunM9ukGLgaW3HdG9cvJ_QKd7pWjGI0qi_fCb1ROD4/pubhtml?gid=1336391689&single=trueRetrieved 2018-12-30
- Royal Medal(1835)
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- Copley Medal(1832) award rationale: For his discovery of Magneto-Electricity as detailed in his Experimental Researches in Electricity, published in the Philosophical Transactions for the present year.
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Sources- 1.“Award winners : Copley Medal”docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dsunM9ukGLgaW3HdG9cvJ_QKd7pWjGI0qi_fCb1ROD4/pubhtml?gid=1336391689&single=trueRetrieved 2018-12-30
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- Doctoral student
- John Tyndall(1850)
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- John Tyndall(1850)
- Influenced by
- Humphry Davy
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- Jane Marcet
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Sources- 1.Stated in Biodiversity Heritage LibraryRetrieved 2022-12-22
- 2.Stated in Mrs. Jane Marcet and “Conversations in Chemistry”
- Humphry Davy
- Name in native language
- Michael Faraday
- Field of work
- physics
- chemistry
- electromagnetism
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-01-10
- discoveries and inventions
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-01-10
- Archives at
- Ghent University Library
- ETH Zurich University Archives inventory number: CH-001807-7:Hs 813
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Sources- 1.vls.hsa.ethz.ch/client/link/de/archiv/einheit/3957ccb80f7e48bd99d3c1673d65868aRetrieved 2025-01-15
- Commons Creator page
- Michael Faraday
- Academic degree
- honorary degree(1832) education: University of Oxford
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- honorary degree(1832) education: University of Oxford
- Work location
- England
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-01-30
- England
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