Hans Christian Ørsted
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Hans Christian Oersted (14 August 1777 – 9 March 1851) was a Danish physicist and chemist. He is best known for discovering a relationship between electricity and magnetism, a field now known as electromagnetism.[1]Oersted discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the first connection found between electricity and magnetism. Oersted's law and the oersted (Oe) are named after him.[2] He also discovered that aluminium was an element.
Oersted was also a writer and poet. His poetry series Luftskibet ("Airship") was inspired by the balloon flights of his physicist friend, Étienne-Gaspard Robert.
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Hans Christian Ørsted as a youth. French gravure by Chretien. Dansk: Hans Christian Ørsted som ung. Efter fransk gravure af Chretien.
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A compass needle with a wire, showing the effect Ørsted discovered.
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Statue of Ørsted at Oxford
Portrait of Hans Christian Ørsted by Christian Albrecht Jensen (1842)
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Statue of Ørsted in Ørstedsparken, in Copenhagen.
