auguste de la rive was a swiss physicist who made significant contributions to the field of physics. he was born on october 9, 1801, in geneva, switzerland. de la rive's first scientific publication was on the influence of the earth's magnetism upon a movable frame traversed by a voltaic current, published in 1822. over a period of fifty years, he made numerous contributions to science, which were published in various academic journals such as mémoires de la société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de genève or bibliothèque universelle de genève. de la rive was also involved in politics and served as a minister plénipotentiaire in england during the annexation of savoy by france in 1860. he died on november 27, 1873.
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