Michael Faraday
scientist · London, England · 1791–1867
A blacksmith's son who taught himself science while apprenticed to a bookbinder. He showed how electricity and magnetism are related, and for many years gave the Christmas lectures for children.
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1861 · Ending the Christmas lectures in which he taught children science with a single candle
all I can say to you at the end of these lectures (for we must come to an end at one time or other) is to express a wish that you may, in your generation, be fit to compare to a candle; that you may, like it, shine as lights to those about you; that, in all your actions, you may justify the beauty of the taper by making your deeds honourable and effectual in the discharge of your duty to your fellow-men.
The Chemical History of a Candle, the last lecture
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