Michael Faraday

This excerpt from John Hall Gladstone's 1872 work, "Michael Faraday: A Memoir", discusses the life and work of Michael Faraday, who was a prominent scientist in the late 1800s. Faraday is credited with a number of important discoveries in fields such as electromagnetism and chemistry, and Gladstone discusses the value of these discoveries in his short work. Additionally, Gladstone includes a translation of part of the eulogy given by Jean-Baptiste Dumas at the Academie des Sciences in Paris after Faraday's death, as well as an anonymous poem honouring Faraday. Gladstone also includes an appendix listing the numerous learned societies to which Faraday belonged.

Encouraged to share his memories of Michael Faraday (1791-1867), John Hall Gladstone (1827-1902) published in 1872 this short work about his late friend's life and career. Faraday's successor as Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, Gladstone discusses how Faraday approached science, and the value of his discoveries. Offering informed insights into Faraday's character, Gladstone includes a number of extracts from personal letters. The work also includes a translation of part of the eulogy given by Jean-Baptiste Dumas at the Academie des Sciences, as well as an anonymous poem honouring Faraday and published in Punch shortly after his death. An appendix lists the numerous learned societies to which Faraday belonged. Also reissued in this series are The Life and Letters of Faraday (1870), compiled by Henry Bence Jones, and John Tyndall's Faraday as a Discoverer (1868).