The tragedies in the Life of in Ampere, the discoverer of electromagnetism

André-Marie Ampère (20 January 1775 – 10 June 1836), was a French physicist and mathematician who is generally credited as one of the main discoverers of electromagnetism.

During the revolution his father stayed at Lyon expecting to be safer in the city. Nevertheless, after the revolutionaries had taken the city he fell a victim and was executed. This death was a great shock to Ampère.

In 1796 he met Julie Carron, and in 1799 they were married. She died in July 1803 and her death troubled Ampère for the rest of his life. On the day of his wife's death he wrote two verses from the Psalms, and the prayer, 'O Lord, God of Mercy, unite me in Heaven with those whom you have permitted me to love on earth.' Serious doubts harassed him at times, and made him very unhappy. Then he would take refuge in the reading of the Bible and the Fathers of the Church."