How to Pronounce Hans Christian Ørsted
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Aug 14, 1777 Rudkøbing, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark Died on 09 Mar 1851 (aged 73)
Danish physicist and chemist
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About Hans Christian Ørsted
- Hans Christian Ørsted ( UR-sted, Danish: [hæns k??æstjæn '???st?ð]; often rendered Oersted in English; 14 August 1777 – 9 March 1851) was a Danish physicist and chemist who 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. 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.
