Michael Faraday
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Who was Michael Faraday? Discoverer of Benzene, Inventor of the Dynamo and main architect of Classical Field Theory.

Date and Place of Birth: 22nd September 1791, Newington, Surrey, England.

Family Background: Son of a Journeyman Blacksmith.

Education: Teachings by members of the Sandemanian Sect.

Chronology:

Marriage: 1821 to Sarah Barnard.

Places of Interest:

LONDON:

Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albermarle Street, W1X 4BS. (holds his laboratory and a museum).

Date and Place of Death: 25th August 1867, Hampton Court, Near London, England.

Age at Death: 76.

Site of Grave: Highgate “Old” Cemetery, London, England.