THE LIFE OF H. C. OERSTED.

In Northern Europe, and especially in Denmark, a number of distinguished men emerged at the end of the 18th century original: "last century". Among them, we may mention the names of Oehlenschläger Adam Oehlenschläger (1779–1850), a central figure in Danish Romantic literature., Thorvaldsen Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844), a world-famous Danish sculptor., the Swede Berzelius Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779–1848), one of the founders of modern chemistry., the Norwegian Steffens, Rask Rasmus Rask (1787–1832), a pioneering linguist who died young.—the greatest philologist of modern times—the philosopher Sibbern, and the two Oersted brothers. The younger brother still lives This refers to Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778–1860), a prominent legal scholar and politician. This indicates the original text was written before 1860. and is the most eminent and insightful legal scholar in the North. Through his passionate and intellectual study of Kant and Fichte Immanuel Kant and Johann Gottlieb Fichte were influential German philosophers. when he was still a youth, he earned a distinguished reputation in Germany by the prime of his life. The eldest brother was the physicist, whom we will now examine more closely.

Hans Christian Oersted, the subject of this current biography, was born in the year 1777 in the little town of Rudkjøbing original: "Rudkjoking." on the Island of Langeland. His brother was also born there the following year. Their father was an apothecary original: "apothecary"—a historical term for a pharmacist who prepared and sold medicinal drugs. of limited financial means. He had, therefore, very little money to spare for his children's education, even if the small town in which they lived had not been almost entirely lacking in schools or teachers. The young Oersteds, however, learned to speak and understand German from a native of Germany who lived in their neighborhood. The eldest taught himself arithmetic from an old schoolbook and immediately passed on his newly acquired knowledge to his brother. In this way, the two boys, eager to gain knowledge, passed several years under their parents' roof, educating themselves