Emil Lenz
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Emil Lenz was a 19th-century physicist of Baltic German heritage who made important discoveries about electricity and magnetism. His work, particularly Lenz's Law (which describes how electric currents respond to changes in magnetic fields), became fundamental to understanding electromagnetism and remains relevant to modern electrical technology.
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Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz ( German: [ˈeːmɪl ˈlɛnts]; also Emil Khristianovich Lenz; Russian: Эми́лий Христиа́нович Ленц; 24 February [O.S. 12 February] 1804 – 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1865), usually cited as Emil Lenz or Heinrich Lenz in some countries, was a Russian physicist of Baltic German descent who is most noted for formulating Lenz's law in electrodynamics in 1834.
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1804 births1865 deaths19th-century physicists from the Russian EmpireAcademic staff of Military Engineering-Technical UniversityBaltic-German people from the Russian EmpireElectrical engineers from the Russian EmpireFull members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of SciencesPeople associated with electricityPeople from Kreis DorpatRectors of Saint Petersburg State UniversityRectors of universities in the Russian Empire