André-Marie Ampère

André-Marie Ampère (January 20 1775 – June 10 1836), was a French physicist who is generally credited as one of the main discoverers of electromagnetism. The ampere unit of measurement of electric current is named after him.

Legacy and final days

The whole field thus opened up he explored with characteristic industry and care, and developed a mathematical theory which not only explained the electromagnetic phenomena already observed but also predicted many new ones.

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He died at Marseille and is buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris. The great amiability and childlike simplicity of Ampère's character are well brought out in his Journal et correspondance (Paris, 1872). Forty-five years later, mathematicians recognized him.

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Marseille - Cimetière de Montmartre - 1872

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He also made a vital discovery, by accident of sulphric vadiliumoxide while studying the effects of magnets on liquids with metals.

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