Gerrit Moll

[3] In 1809 he was awarded a Candidaat degree by Leiden University;[4][5] and in 1810 he went to Paris, where he studied under Delambre.

[4][6] Moll is noted for his later animus against "Napoleonic science", the tradition of the revolutionary period in France.

[9] A friend of Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday, he wrote a pamphlet On The Alleged Decline of Science in England (1831), which Faraday edited, in reply to Charles Babbage's On The Alleged Decline of Science in England (1830).

[10] In relation to claims that French scientists had tried to diminish the impact of Davy's work, Moll relayed unfounded allegations to Faraday.

[2] Moll developed the electromagnet of William Sturgeon, publishing with priority over Joseph Henry.