Michael Faraday

1791 - 1867

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Faraday was an English physicist whose discoveries in electricity had an enormous influence on the development of mathematics
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List of References (5 books/articles)

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Mathematicians born in the same country

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  1. Obituary: The Times

Honours awarded to Michael Faraday
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Fellow of the Royal Society1824
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh1835
Royal Society Royal Medal
Royal Society Copley Medal
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