Abraham Bennet
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 225 years ago |
| Date of birth | December 20,1749 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Died | Wirksworth |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | May 9,1799 |
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| ID | 3580685 |
Abraham Bennet Life story
Abraham Bennet FRS was an English clergyman and physicist, the inventor of the gold-leaf electroscope and developer of an improved magnetometer. Though he was cited by Alessandro Volta as a key influence on his own work, Bennet's work was curtailed by the political turbulence of his time.