William Sturgeon (Physicist)
William Sturgeon, (born May 22, 1783, Whittington, Lancashire, Eng.—died Dec. 4, 1850, Prestwich, Lancashire), English electrical engineer who devised the first electromagnet capable of supporting more than its own weight. This device led to the invention of the telegraph, the electric motor, and numerous other devices basic to modern technology.
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