Hans Christian Oersted1 to Faraday   22 May 1827

Professor Oersted at Copenhagen has the honour to present his compliments to his celebrated friend Mr. Faraday, and takes the liberty to recommend to him a young Danish Chemist, Mr Becker2, who desires earnestly to improve himself in natural philosophy and chemistry, whereto nothing could be him more advantageous as the acquaintance of a so eminent chemical philosopher as Mr. Faraday.

The 22 Mai 1827.


Address: To | Mr. Faraday, Professor of Chemistry | at the Royal Institution, F.R.S.

Hans Christian Oersted (1777–1851, DSB). Danish natural philosopher and Director of the Polytechnic Institute in Copenhagen, 1829–1851.
Unidentified.

Please cite as “Faraday0327a,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday0327a