Born in Rudkobing in 1777, he was educated at the University of Copenhagen where he became a professor in 1806.
He was the first to isolate aluminum, and published his Manual of Mechanical Physics in 1844.  Born in Rudkobing in 1777, he was educated at the University of Copenhagen where he became a professor in 1806. FTP name this Danish physicist and chemist who in 1819 discovered that a magnetic needle is deflected at a right angle to a wire carrying an electric current, thus initiating the study of electromagnetism.
He was the first to isolate aluminum, and published his Manual of Mechanical Physics in 1844.  
Hans Christian Oersted