Person: Faraday, Michael

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Michael Faraday was an English physicist whose discoveries in electricity had an enormous influence on the development of mathematics.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 22 September 1791, Newington Butts, Surrey (now London) England. Died 25 August 1867, Hampton Court, Middlesex, England.

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Origin England, Physics


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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive