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Friedrich Kohlrausch
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German physicist (1840-1910)
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Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch was a physicist, chemist, and university teacher born in 1840 in Rinteln, Kingdom of Prussia. He worked in the fields of physics and electrical engineering. His academic career included positions at the Technical University of Darmstadt, University of Würzburg, University of Göttingen, and ETH Zurich. He received his education at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, University of Marburg, and University of Göttingen.
Kohlrausch was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics and received the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art. He was a member of the Royal Society, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony. He was also recognized in the collections of the Royal Society and the American Academy Arts Sciences. He died in Marburg in 1910.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1840-10-14 ) 14 October 1840, Rinteln
- Died
- 17 January 1910 (1910-01-17) (aged 69) , Marburg
- Alma mater
- University of Erlangen , University of Göttingen
- Known for
- Work on electrolytes , Conductometry , Kohlrausch bridge
- Awards
- Pour le Mérite (1896), ForMemRS (1895)
- Fields
- Physicist
- Institutions
- University of Frankfurt/Main , University of Göttingen , ETH Zurich , Darmstadt University , University of Würzburg , Strasbourg University , Humboldt University
- Doctoral advisor
- Wilhelm Eduard Weber
- Doctoral students
- Walther Nernst , Erasmus Kittler
- Other notable students
- Svante Arrhenius
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Place of birth
- Rinteln
- Place of death
- Marburg
- Father
- Rudolf Kohlrausch
- Occupation
- chemist
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- University of Göttingen
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Wilhelm Eduard Weber
- Doctoral student
- Erasmus Kittler
- Field of work
- electrical engineering
- Image
- Friedrich Kohlrausch.jpg
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- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- date of birth
- 1840-10-14
- date of death
- 1910-01-17
- Commons category
- Friedrich Kohlrausch
- birth name
- Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- name in native language
- Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch
- writing language
- German
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- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch (14 October 1840 – 17 January 1910) was a German physicist who investigated the conductive properties of electrolytes and contributed to knowledge of their behaviour. He also investigated elasticity, thermoelasticity, and thermal conduction as well as magnetic and electrical precision measurements.
Nowadays, Friedrich Kohlrausch is classed as one of the most important experimental physicists. His early work helped to extend the absolute system of Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Weber to include electrical and magnetic measuring units.
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