Modigliani painting . -Painting by Amedo Modigalini

Michael Faraday had to start earning his living at an early age. At the age of 14, he started working as a blinder. He would read books that were given to him for binding and he devoted his evenings to studying chemistry and physics in particular. His interest lay in scientific books. Sir Humphrey Davy, a renowned scientist, was once giving a lecture in London on some scientific subject. Faraday had never been a student of science; even then he took notes of that lecture in such a meticulous way that Sir Davy was amazed. He invited Faraday to be his disciple. Faraday started studying physics and chemistry under the great scientist. In 1825 he was in position to succeed Davy as a Director of Royal Institution Laboratory.

When electricity is being conducted through some wire, a magnetic field is created around it. If a magnet is kept in the vicinity of the wire, it shall be affected by the electric current. Faraday found that the magnet was affected byl electricity when he moved it around the wire through which electricity was flowing. He built the first dynamo based on this experiment and knowledge. In 1852,Queen Victoria gave him a house at Hamton court.

In spite of his epoch-making invention, Faraday remained unaffected and a humble person. The British government wanted to knight him for his invention and the Royal Society wished to elect him its president. Faraday politely refused both these honors. His various scientific works opened the ways to such discoveries like wireless waves, television. X-rays and even atomic physics.