William Gilbert
1544-1603
English Geophysicist and Physician
William Gilbert earned his place in annals of science with the publication of De magnete. A landmark in the history of experimental science...
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The English physician and physicist William Gilbert (1544-1603), an investigator of electrical and magnetic phenomena, is principally noted for his "De magnete," one of the first scientific works base...
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William Gilbert was born in Colchester, Essex, England, on May 24, 1544. Although he was trained as a doctor and appointed court physician for a short time to both Queen Elizabeth I and King James I, ...
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