André-Marie Ampère   17751836   French physicist   one of the discoverers of electromagnetism   The ampere unit of measurement of electric current is named after him   Learned Latin at an early age showed an aptitude for mathematics   Read widely history, travels, poetry, philosophy and natural sciences   Wrote poetry   Appointed professor of mathematics in Lyons then at the polytechnic school in Paris.   Developed mathematical theory explained and predicted electromagnetic phenomena

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