Faraday was born in Newington Butts,in London. His family was not well off. His father had been an apprentice to the village blacksmith.Michael was born the autumn of 1790. He was the third of four children. The young Michael Faraday having only the most basic school education. He had to educate himself. At fourteen he became the apprentice to the book store. During his seven-year apprenticeship he read many books. At this time he also developed an interest in science, especially in electricity. at the age of twenty, and at the end of his apprenticeship, Faraday attended lectures by the eminent English chemist Humphry Davy.Faraday subsequently sent Davy a three-hundred-page book based on notes that he had taken during these lectures. Davy's reply was immediate, kind, and favourable. He decided to employ Faraday as an assistant.Faraday married Sarah Barnard on 12 June 1821. They met through their families at the church. After they were married,they had no children. Faraday was a devout Christian. Well after his marriage, he served as deacon and for two terms as an elder in the meeting house of his youth.