Michael Faraday

Background

An English scientist of modest origins who became one of history's greatest experimentalists at the Royal Institution.

Contribution

Discovered electromagnetic induction (1831) — the principle behind electric generators and transformers — and built early motor and generator demonstrations.

Associated inventions

• Electric Motor & Generator

Collaborators & contemporaries

• Joseph Henry
• Ányos Jedlik
• Nikola Tesla
• Galileo Ferraris

Sources & further reading

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• Encyclopædia Britannica — technology & biography topic articlesEncyclopædia Britannica · Encyclopedia
• The Royal Society — biographical memoirs & archivesThe Royal Society · Professional body

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