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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

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Also known as Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit

German-Polish physicist and engineer (1686-1736)

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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was a physicist, inventor, instrument maker, and chemist who worked in physics. He was born in Gdańsk in 1686 and died in The Hague in 1736. His notable work includes the degree Fahrenheit. He was a member of the Royal Society and received the award of Fellow of the Royal Society. His works are held in the collection of Museum Boerhaave.

Fahrenheit held citizenship in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and spoke German, which was also his writing language. He worked in The Hague, Amsterdam, and Denmark. He is buried at Kloosterkerk. He is described by sources including the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek.

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Lifespan
1686–1736
Nationality
DE, NL, PL
Role / Field
Physicist, Instrument maker, Fyzici, Fyzika
Language
ger
Gender
Male

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Gabriel
Gender
male
Citizenship
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Place of birth
Gdańsk
Place of death
The Hague
Occupation
chemist
Languages spoken
German
Award
Fellow of the Royal Society
Notable work
degree Fahrenheit
Field of work
physics
Image
Fahrenheit small.jpg
Work location
Amsterdam
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member of
Royal Society
Commons category
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
date of birth
1686-05-24
date of death
1736-09-16
name in native language
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
writing language
German
place of burial
Kloosterkerk
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Encyclopedic overview

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit FRS (24 May 1686 – 16 September 1736) was a physicist, inventor, and scientific instrument maker. He was born in Poland to a family of German origin, although he spent much of his life in the Dutch Republic. Fahrenheit significantly improved the design and manufacture of thermometers; his were accurate and consistent enough that different observers, each with their own Fahrenheit thermometers, could reliably compare temperature measurements with each other. Fahrenheit is also credited with producing the first successful mercury-in-glass thermometers, which were more accurate than the spirit-filled thermometers of his time and of a generally superior design. The popularity of his thermometers also led to the widespread adoption of his Fahrenheit scale, with which they were provided.

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