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Michael Faraday

England : Inventor of Dynamo

Born : 1791        Died : 1867

Faraday did not have a university education or even proper schooling. But, he had a keen mind and desire to learn things. He is a living example of the ‘fact-that a man can achieve much with his common sense and industry.

Michael Faraday had to start earning his living at an early age. At the age of 14, he started working as a binder. He would read books that were given to him for binding and thus enriched his mind and knowledge. His interest lay in scientific books. Sir Humphrey Davy, a renowned scientist, was once giving a lecture in London on some scientific subject.  Faraday had never been a student of science, even then he took notes of that lecture in such a meticulous way that Sir Davy was amazed. He invited Faraday to be his disciple. Faraday started studying physics and chemistry under the great scientist.

When electricity is being conducted through some wire, a magnetic field is created around it. If a magnet is kept in the vicinity of the wire, it shall be affected by the electric current. Faraday found that the magnet was affected by electricity when he moved it around the wire through which electricity was flowing. He built the first dynamo based on this experiment and knowledge. 

In spite of his epoch-making invention, Faraday remained unaffected and a humble person. The British government wanted to knight him for his invention and the Royal Society wished to elect him its president. Faraday politely refused both these honours. It was because of his researches in electricity that X-ray, T.V. and other electrical appliances could be invented.