Michael Faraday
1791 - 1867
- Born
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22 September 1791
Newington Butts, Surrey, England
- Died
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25 August 1867
Hampton Court, Middlesex, England
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 08/01/1824
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 33
- Occupation
- Natural philosopher and scientific adviser
- Relationships
- Parents: James Faraday (1761–1810), blacksmith, and Margaret (1764–1838), daughter of Michael Hastwell, farmer of Mallestang near Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland. Spouse: Sarah Barnard (1800–1879), daughter of the Sandemanian silversmith Edward Barnard (1767–1855).
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Unpublished paper, 'Note on the preceding remarks by Mr [John] Davy' by Mr [Michael] Faraday
Creator: Michael Faraday Reference number: AP/19/9 -
Letter from Michael Faraday, Royal Institution, to J F W Herschel, Secretary, Royal Society
Creator: Michael Faraday Reference number: DM/3/17 -
Letter from Michael Faraday, Royal Institution, to J F W Herschel, Secretary, Royal Society
Creator: Michael Faraday Reference number: DM/3/26 -
Paper, 'On the new compounds of chlorine and carbon, and on a new compound of iodine, carbon, and hydrogen' by Mr [Michael] Faraday
Creator: Michael Faraday Reference number: PT/15/6 -
Paper, 'On a new compound of chlorine and carbon' by Richard Phillips and Michael Faraday
Creator: Richard Phillips, Michael Faraday Reference number: PT/15/29 -
Paper, 'On fluid chlorine' by M [Michael] Faraday
Creator: Michael Faraday Reference number: PT/16/15
Referee of
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Referee's report by Michael Faraday, on a paper 'On the disruptive discharge of accumulated electricity, and the proximate cause of lightning' by Isham Baggs
Creator: Michael Faraday Reference number: RR/1/5 -
Referee's report by Michael Faraday, on a paper 'On a new combination of chlorine and nitrous gas' by Edmund Davy
Creator: Michael Faraday Reference number: RR/1/49 -
Referee's report by Michael Faraday, on a paper 'Du son et de l'ectricite' by Louis Charles Sellier
Creator: Michael Faraday Reference number: RR/1/98 -
Referee's report by Michael Faraday, on an unnamed paper by an unnamed author
Creator: Michael Faraday Reference number: RR/1/165 -
Referee's report by Michael Faraday, on a paper 'On the production of ozone by chemical means. By Professor Shoenbein, in a letter to Michael Faraday, Esq., D. C. L., F. R. S.' by C F Schoenbein
Creator: Michael Faraday Reference number: RR/1/221 -
Referee's report by Michael Faraday, on a paper 'On the cause of the reduction of metals from solutions of their salts by the voltaic circuit' by Alfred Smee
Creator: Michael Faraday Reference number: RR/1/228
Recipient of
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Unpublished letter, 'On ozone' from C F [Christina Friedrich] Schoenbein to Michael Faraday
Creator: Christian Friedrich Schönbein Reference number: AP/27/21 -
Unpublished letter, 'On a new bleaching principle produced by the slow combustion of the vapour ether in atmospheric air, and by the rapid combustion of bodies in a jet of hydrogen gas' from C F [Christian Friedrich] Schoenbein to Michael Faraday
Creator: Christian Friedrich Schönbein Reference number: AP/27/22 -
Unpublished letter, 'On the reabsorption of the mixed gases in a voltameter' from M H [Moritz Hermann] Jacobi to Michael Faraday
Creator: Moritz Hermann [Boris Semyonovich] Jacobi Reference number: AP/29/9 -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Michael Faraday, dated at Slough
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/7/166 -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Michael Faraday, dated at Devonshire St.
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/7/170 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Michael Faraday, dated at Devonshire St.
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/7/171
Most frequently corresponded with
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Christian Friedrich Schönbein
2 letters