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Apparently Michael Faraday was a bookbinder as a child. According to Gale Encyclopedia of Biography - "At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a bookbinder and bookseller. He read ravenously and attended public lectures, including some by Sir Humphry Davy."
There is apparently a plaque at the building where he worked in London commemorating his apprenticeship there.
Faraday became fascinated with science, particularly electricity, while reading the books he worked on. Malcolm Longair in his Theoretical Concepts in Physics has a section on Faraday in which he talks about Faraday's interactions with Davy. He became a notetaker for Davy after Davy was blinded in an explosion. Faraday also toured Europe with Davy.
Longair lists a biography of Faraday by J. M. Thomas: Michael Faraday and the Royal Institution: The Genius of Man and Place.
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When was Bookbinder's Kid created?
Bookbinder's Kid was created in 1988.
Who is Michael Faraday during childhood?
Michael Faraday was born into a family that was not very well-to-do. He had three siblings, but he was the only one able to get an education. When he was 13 years old, he got a job delivering newspapers and running errands for a book seller and bookbinder named George Riebau. After a year, Riebau made Faraday his apprentice for the next seven years.
What college did Michael Faraday go to?
Michael Faraday did not go to college, and he did not even really have any formal schooling of any type (probably just consisting of only "learning his letters" as it was then called to be able to read and write). He took an apprenticeship with a Bookbinder at age 14 and was nearly entirely self taught.
How did Michael Faraday become a scientist?
When he was an apprentice bookbinder, he was offered a ticket to attend chemical lectures by Humphry Davy. The lectures inspired Faraday to become a scientist. He eventually became Davy's laboratory assistant, enabling him to learn chemistry from one of the greatest practitioners of the day.
Who invented the first capacitor in 1745?
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Was anything named after Michael Faraday?
The Faraday cage was invented and named after Michael Faraday.
Who are the scientists who discovered electricity?
Michael Faraday
Did Michael Faraday have a brother?
Michael Faraday had three brothers.
The Christian physicist who invented the generator was?
I'm pretty sure it's Michael Faraday.
Where Michael Faraday lives?
Michael Faraday lived at Hampton Court.
How many brothers did Michael Faraday have?
Michael Faraday had three brothers.
Was Michael Faraday the oldest child?
Faraday had a childhood typical of the English working class about 1800. His blacksmith father could not afford any formal education for his son, and so Michael was apprenticed to a bookbinder between age 14 and 20. The difference was that Faraday was an intensely curious genius and voracious reader, and thus developed a desire to understand the natural world. Noted scientist Humphrey Davy recognized Faraday's talent and became his mentor. Faraday, despite initially being treated as an inferior, eventually showed his genius in science.
