Charles Grafton Page

Born in 1812 and active in the United States during a period of rapid scientific change, Charles Grafton Page became known for his experiments with electricity, magnetism, and induction. He worked as a physician as well as a scientist, and his name is especially linked with early electrical research in Washington, D.C.

Page is remembered for developing and demonstrating electromagnetic devices, including work connected to induction coils and an early electrically driven locomotive. His career reflects the restless, hands-on spirit of 19th-century American invention, when medicine, physics, and engineering often overlapped.

He died in 1868, but his work remains part of the story of how electrical science moved from laboratory curiosity to useful technology. Today he is often noted as one of the American experimenters who helped lay groundwork for later electrical advances.