Who is Michael Faraday    http://scientistsinformation.blogspot.com/2012/05/michael-faraday-22-september-1791-25.html Born in Newigton, Surry a part of South London. Faraday roamed the Earth from 1791 to 1867. Born to a lower middle class family, his father a blacksmith and his mother a country wife. Faraday's father frequently ill struggled to provide for the family, Faraday was known to recall that he was once in his childhood given a loaf of bread to eat that was to last him a week. Faraday received little formal education, earliest education was in Sunday school where he was taught to read and write. later Faraday began an apprenticeship as a book binder where he was exposed to a variety literature. Two titles were destined to grab his attention and enthusiasm, the first The Encyclopedia Britannica particularly concerning electricity and magnetism, and Conversations on Chemistry. These books sparked enough interest in young Faraday for him to begin his own experiments and then to attend scientific lectures. Where he met Sir Humphry Davy a renowned chemist at the time who later employed Faraday as a lab technician and took Faraday as under his wing. it is sometimes remarked that Davy's greatest scientific discovery was Faraday.  Faraday went on to make many contributions to the world of science, from Faraday's Law to the invention of benzene he was an incredible experimenter and a great logical thinker.