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Physicist, mathematician. He is famed for his discoveries in electro-dynamics. In 1881 the Paris Conference of Electricians named the practical unit of electric current, the “ampere.” He wrote “Mathematical Theory of the Phenomena of Electro-dynamics” and other scientific treatises.

Born

• 20 January 1775 in Lyon, France

Died

• 10 June 1836 in Marseilles, France of natural causes

MLA Citation

• “André-Marie Ampère”. New Catholic Dictionary. CatholicSaints.Info. 18 November 2019. Web. 5 March 2021. <>