<Tr> <Th> Influences </Th> <Td> Immanuel Kant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Signature </Th> </Tr> <P> Hans Christian Ørsted (/ ˈɜːrstɛd /; Danish: (hans kʁæsdjan ˈɶɐ̯sdɛð); often rendered Oersted in English; 14 August 1777--9 March 1851) was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the first connection found between electricity and magnetism . He is still known today for Oersted's Law and the oersted (Oe), the cgs unit of magnetic H - field strength, is named after him . He shaped post-Kantian philosophy and advances in science throughout the late 19th century . </P> <P> In 1824, Ørsted founded Selskabet for Naturlærens Udbredelse (SNU), a society to disseminate knowledge of the natural sciences . He was also the founder of predecessor organizations which eventually became the Danish Meteorological Institute and the Danish Patent and Trademark Office . Ørsted was the first modern thinker to explicitly describe and name the thought experiment . </P>

Who discovered that electricity and magnetism are related