# Hans Christian Ørsted

> He noticed that a compass needle twitched near a live wire - the first proof that electricity and magnetism weren't separate forces but two faces of the same thing.

*Danish physicist and chemist (1777-1851)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Denmark
- **Born:** 1777-08-14
- **Died:** 1851-03-09
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Hans Christian Ørsted was born in Denmark on 14 August 1777, trained as both a chemist and physicist, and spent years wondering whether the fundamental forces of nature might be connected. In 1820 he ran a current through a wire during a lecture and watched a nearby compass deflect - the discovery that electric currents create magnetic fields, now called Oersted's law, and the birth of electromagnetism. He also isolated aluminium as a chemical element. A central figure of the Danish Golden Age, he kept close company with Hans Christian Andersen and was brother to Anders Sandøe Ørsted, who would become Prime Minister. He died on 9 March 1851.

## Fame
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- **Historical depth:** 24.4 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Scientists, #Scientist, #Physics, #Chemistry, #19th Century

## Timeline
- **1851** - Died
- **1847** - Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog
- **1839** - Honorary Member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt Am Main, Germany)
- **1836** - Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog
- **1824** - Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog
- **1821** - Foreign Member of the Royal Society
- **1820** - Copley Medal
- **1815** - Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
- **1777** - Born

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