Believe it or not, Andre-Marie Ampere was a man! Hewas a French physicist and mathematician who is bestknown for finding a way to measure the flow of current,which was named after him. He figured out a way tomeasure the strength of a magnetic field in relation toan electric current, which is known as Ampere'stheorem.
Born: January 20, 1775, Lyon, France
Died: June 10, 1836, Marseille, France
Known for: Ampere’s circuital law, Ampere’s force law