Ampere, Andre Marie
Ampere, Andre Marie
Physicist, mathematician, born Lyons, France , 1775 ; died Marseilles, France , 1836 . 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 Phenomenon of Electro-dynamics and other scientific treatises.