Hans Christian Ørsted, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hans Christian Ørsted

Danish physicist and chemist

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1777

Place of Birth: Rudkøbing, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 09-Mar-1851

Profession: engineer, pharmacist, physicist, inventor, chemist, university teacher

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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.



Alternative names	Eckersberg; C. W. Eckersberg; C.W. Eckersberg; Christoffer Vilhelm Eckersberg; ChristianWilhelm Eckersberg
Description	Danish painter, university teacher and visual artist
Date of birth/death	2 January 1783	22 July 1853
Location of birth/death	Blaakrog, Varnaes (South Jutland, Denmark)	Copenhagen, Denmark
Work location	Copenhagen, Rome
Authority control	: Q363823 VIAF: 56884667 ISNI: 0000 0000 6637 0056 ULAN: 500115283 LCCN: n82212027 WGA: ECKERSBERG, Christoffer Wilhelm WorldCat