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Hans Christian Ørsted (/ ˈ ɜːr s t ɛ d /; [5] Danish: [ˈhænˀs ˈkʰʁestjæn ˈɶɐ̯steð] ⓘ; anglicized as Oersted; [note 1] 14 August 1777 – 9 March 1851) was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields. This phenomenon is known as Oersted's law. He also discovered aluminium, a ...
The monument over Hans Christian Ørsted stands on the former Holck's Bastion. It was designed by Jens Adolf Jerichau and erected in 1876, when work on the park just started. The monument consists of a bronze statue of Ørsted mounted on a granite plinth. Ørsted is seen demonstrating the effect of an electric current on a magnetic needle. With ...
He was the brother of noted physicist Hans Christian Ørsted (1777–1851), and uncle of the botanist Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1816–1872). He was married to Sophie Ørsted née Oehlenschläger (1782–1818) and was the brother-in-law of Adam Oehlenschläger .
The Ørsted family, which most notably includes the brothers Hans Christian and Anders Sandøe Ørsted, has its origins in Rudkøbing. Their father was a pharmacist, and the brothers were born in the old pharmacy on Gåsetorvet. Across from their birth house is a statue of Hans Christian, and a statue of Anders is located at nearby ...
Rudkøbing, the island's largest town, is the birthplace of famous physicist and chemist Hans Christian Ørsted, his brother, Anders Sandøe Ørsted, a former Danish prime minister, and their nephew, botanist Anders Sandøe Ørsted.
Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778–1860), Danish politician and jurist, brother of Hans Christian Ørsted; Anders Sandøe Ørsted (botanist) (1816–1872), Danish botanist, mycologist, zoologist and marine biologist; Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946–2005), Danish musician; Hans-Henrik Ørsted (born 1954), Danish track cyclist
The physicist Hans Christian Ørsted resided in one of the apartments from 1816 to 1818. His brother, Anders Sandøe Ørsted, whose wife Sofie died the same year, [3] [4] was in 1818 also a resident in the building. Jørgen Henrich Rawert, Copenhagen's city engineer, resided in the building in 1822.
When he began to study, her brother introduced her to the Ørsted brothers; the physicist Hans Christian Ørsted (1777–1851) and Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778–1860), a lawyer who later became prime minister. Widely recognized as a budding beauty, Sophie became engaged to Anders Ørsted in 1801 and they married on 10 July 1802. [1]