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Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist born on August 14, 1777, who became a professor at the University of Copenhagen in 1804. He is best known for discovering the relationship between electricity and magnetism in 1820, demonstrating that a current-carrying wire could affect a compass needle. Ørsted also contributed to chemistry by isolating aluminum and received the Copley Medal from the Royal Society in 1820, passing away on March 9, 1851.
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