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William Sturgeon

William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor (died 1850)

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Born
May 22, 1783
Died
December 4, 1850
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1783

About William Sturgeon

William Sturgeon was an English electrical engineer and inventor who made the first electromagnet and the first practical electric motor. William Sturgeon (; 22 May 1783 – 4 December 1850) was an English electrical engineer and inventor who made the first electromagnet and the first practical electric motor. In 1824 he became lecturer in Science and Philosophy at the East India Company's Military Seminary at Addiscombe, Surrey, and in the following year he exhibited his first electromagnet. In 1836 he established the journal Annals of Electricity, Magnetism and Chemistry, and in the same year he invented a galvanometer.

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William Sturgeon timeline

  1. William Sturgeon (; 22 May 1783 – 4 December 1850) was an English electrical engineer and inventor who made the first electromagnet and the first practical electric motor.
  2. In 1824 he became lecturer in Science and Philosophy at the East India Company's Military Seminary at Addiscombe, Surrey, and in the following year he exhibited his first electromagnet.
  3. In 1836 he established the journal Annals of Electricity, Magnetism and Chemistry, and in the same year he invented a galvanometer.

The world when William Sturgeon was born

William Sturgeon was born in 1783. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineTreaty of Paris ends American Revolutionary War
  • Technology milestoneMontgolfier brothers achieve first manned hot air balloon flight
  • World population~791M

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderContinental Congress
  • U.S. population3.3M

1783 versus 2026

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Measure17832026
Population3.3M341 million

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