Question

Name the scientist who first observed the chemical effect of electric current.

Answer 1

William Gilbert coined the term 'electricity' and was the first scientist to observe electrical currents and magnetism and that they are two different phenomenon.
Luigi Galvani, an Italian professor was the first person to discover the fact that chemical changes produce electrical effect in 1971. He is known to be the discoverer of 'bioelectricity'.
After his findings, Alessandro Volta and then Michael Faraday worked upon the chemical effects of electric current.