Mathematician:Hans Christian Ørsted

Mathematician
Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields.

Nationality
Danish

History

 * Born: 14 August 1777 in Rudkøbing, Denmark-Norway (now Denmark)
 * Died: 9 March 1851 in Copenhagen, Denmark

Theorems and Definitions

 * Oersted (unit of magnetic field strength)
 * Oersted's Law

Publications

 * 1813: Ansicht der chemischen Naturgesetze, durch die neueren Entdeckungen gewonnen
 * 1854: Aanden i Naturen (Vol. 1)
 * 1854: Aanden i Naturen (Vol. 2)

Also known as
His surname in English-speaking countries is often rendered Oersted.

This is the form of his surname that usually appears against his eponyms.