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Sunday, September 20, 2020

Basic timeline of Michael Faraday

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Thomas Phillips

This post is a basic timeline of Michael Faraday (1791-1867). There are 10 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• 1791: Born in Newington Butts, England
• 1806: Begins working as a bookbinder
• 1813: Becomes assistant to Humphry Davy at the Royal Institution
• 1821: Constructs an electric rotation motor
• 1824: Elected to the Royal Society
• 1831: Demonstrates electromagnetic induction
• 1831: Constructs the first electric generator
• 1833: Become professor at the Royal Institution
• 1845: Discovered the Faraday effect of light
• 1867: Died at age 75 in Hampton Court, England