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Hans Christian Ørsted

(1777–1851) Physicist

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Hans Christian Ørsted was a physicist.

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Born
August 14, 1777
Died
March 9, 1851
Profession
Physicist

About Hans Christian Ørsted

[Wikidata] Danish physicist and chemist (1777-1851)... | [Wikipedia] 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.

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