Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted | |
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| Born | 14 August 1777 |
| Died | 9 March 1851 (aged 73) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Resting place | Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen |
| Monuments | The Physicist Hans Christian Ørsted, Copenhagen |
| Alma mater | University of Copenhagen (PhD) |
| Era | Danish Golden Age |
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| Relatives | Anders Sandøe Ørsted (brother) |
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| Honors | Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (1842) |
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| Institutions | University of Copenhagen (1806–1851) |
| Thesis | The Architectonics of Natural Metaphysics (1799) |
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Hans Christian Ørsted (Danish: [ˈɶɐ̯steð] ⓘ; 14 August 1777 – 9 March 1851), sometimes transliterated as Oersted (/ˈɜːstɛd/ UR-sted), 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.
A leader of the Danish Golden Age, Ørsted was a close friend of Hans Christian Andersen and the brother of politician and jurist Anders Sandøe Ørsted, who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1853 to 1854.