Stephen Gray
1666 CE–1736 CE · Canterbury
Stephen Gray (December 1666 – February 1736) was an English dyer and astronomer who was the first to systematically experiment with electrical conduction. Until his work in 1729 the emphasis had been on the simple generation of static charges and investigations of the static phenomena (electric shocks, plasma glows, etc.). Gray showed that electricity can be conducted through metals and that it appeared on the surfaces of insulators.
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Canterbury, a city in southeast England, served as the primatial see of the English church and the historic center of English Christianity from the late sixth century onward.
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