Electromagnetism

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Oersted (1777-1851): Physicist and chemist. Discovered that electric currents cause magnetic fields.
Faraday (1791-1861): Chemist and physicist. Discovered electromagnetic induction.
Fizeau (1819-1896): Physicist. First to measure the speed of light with an ingenious apparatus ^[1] .
Maxwell (1831-1879): Theoretical physicist and mathematician. Synthesized all previous knowledge of electricity and magnetism into Maxwell's equations. Concluded that light is electromagnetic radiation.
Röntgen (1845-1923): Physicist. Discovered X-rays. First Nobel Prize in Physics.
Lorentz (1853-1928): Physicist. Deepened the understanding of electromagnetic radiation. Prepared the way for Einstein’s Special Relativity Theory by formulating the Lorentz transformations . Shared Nobel Prize in Physics.
Hertz (1857-1894): Experimental physicist. First to demonstrate the existence of electromagnetic waves by building an apparatus (incl. the first dipole antenna) to produce and detect radio waves.