Wilhelm Hisinger

Wilhelm Hisinger was a Swedish physicist and chemist who in 1807, working in coordination with Jöns Jakob Berzelius, noted that in electrolysis any given substance always went to the same pole, and that substances attracted to the same pole had other properties in common. This showed that there was at least a qualitative correlation between the chemical and electrical natures of bodies.

23 December 1766

Born on the same birth day (23 December): Anthony Phillips • Dan Bigras • Frederic Forrest • Louis I, Duke of Bavaria • Mario Santana • Michael Chopra • Onofre Marimón • Thomas Smith (diplomat) • Víctor Martínez (baseball) • William Armstrong (Virginia politician)

Born in the same month (December 1766): Charles Macintosh • Christmas Evans