Life Before Science
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Micheal Faraday was born on September 22, 1971 to James Faraday, a blacksmith in the London and Margaret Hastwell. He was the second youngest in a family with four children, that was so poor, it is noted that often he would have to make a single loaf of bread last an entire week. Although the Faraday clan were often hard pressed for sustenance, they had an abundance of spiritual sustenance, as they were a part of a small christian sect known as the Sandemanians. It's this strong spiritual influence which guided Micheal throughout his life and even played a major role in how he observed nature as well. Education in England throughout the 1800's was closely entwined with the church, and widespread state funded schools didn't arrive until the 1900's, Micheal's only formal education was at Sunday school where he learned to read and write. At the age of 13 Micheal began an apprenticeship with a book-dealer and bookbinder. This in turn gave Faraday the resources to workout his autodidactic brain, where by day he would bind books and by night he would read them. It is noted that at this time he became particularly obsessed with an article on electricity in the third edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. |
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