Because he investigating electricity and magnestism
He found that Earth has a magnetic field also known as magnetosphere
1660, William Gilbert discovered the Earth's Magnetic Field..
De Magnete, Magneticisque Corporibus, et de Magno Magnete Tellure ("On the Magnet, Magnetic Bodies, and the Great Magnet of the Earth"), the work included descriptions of many of Gilbert's own experiments and the conclusions he drew from them, as well as data that had been previously obtained by others. In De Magnete (as the opus is known for short), Gilbert established much of the basic terminology still used in the field of electromagnetics, including electricity, electric attraction and force and magnetic pole.
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William Gilbert was known for his discovery of magnetism.
He lived from 24th of May 1544 to 30th November 1603.
yes, William Gilbert is a scientist not a chemist
William Gilbert was born on May 24, 1544.
William Gilbert - author - was born in 1804.
William Gilbert - author - died in 1890.
William Gilbert Puckey was born in 1805.
William Gilbert Puckey died in 1878.
William Gilbert Chaloner was born in 1928.
William Gilbert - cricketer - was born in 1856.
William Gilbert - cricketer - died in 1918.
Edmund William Gilbert was born in 1900.