Michael Faraday

September 22, 1791-Hampton Court, August 25, 1867)

Was a British scientist who studied electromagnetism
and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include
electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and
electrolysis.
Through his study of the magnetic field around a
conductor through which direct current flows, he laid
the foundations for the development of the concept
of electromagnetic field. He also established that
magnetism could affect light rays and that there was
an underlying relationship between the two
phenomena.

In the field of chemistry, Faraday discovered benzene, investigated chlorine

clathrate, invented an ancestor of the Bunsen burner, the oxidation number
system, and introduced terms such as anode, cathode, electrode, and ion. Finally,
he was the first to receive the title of Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal
Institution of Great Britain, which he would hold until his death.

Faraday made this discovery in 1845. It consists of the deviation of the plane of
polarization of light as an effect of a magnetic field, when passing through a
transparent material such as glass. It was the first known case of interaction
between magnetism and light.