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Julius Plücker
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Julius Plücker was a German physicist, mathematician, and university teacher born in Elberfeld in 1801. He worked at the University of Bonn and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. His fields of work included mathematics and physics, and he is associated with notable works such as the Plücker coordinates and the Plücker formula. He was educated at the University of Bonn, Heidelberg University, the University of Marburg, and the University of Paris.
Plücker received the Copley Medal and was a member of the Royal Society, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony. He was described by sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. His doctoral advisor was Christian Ludwig Gerling, and his doctoral students included Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, August Beer, Felix Klein, and Friedrich Albert Lange. He died in Bonn in 1868 and is buried at the Alter Friedhof Bonn.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1801-07-16 ) 16 July 1801, Elberfeld , Duchy of Berg , Holy Roman Empire
- Died
- 22 May 1868 (1868-05-22) (aged 66), Bonn , Kingdom of Prussia
- Alma mater
- University of Bonn , University of Heidelberg , University of Berlin , University of Paris , University of Marburg
- Known for
- Plücker's conoid Plücker coordinates Plücker embedding Plücker formula Plücker matrix Plücker relations Plücker surface Homogeneous coordinates
- Awards
- Copley Medal (1866)
- Fields
- Mathematics , Physics
- Institutions
- University of Bonn , University of Berlin , University of Halle
- Doctoral advisor
- Christian Ludwig Gerling
- Doctoral students
- Felix Klein , August Beer , Johann Hittorf , Friedrich Lange
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Julius
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Place of birth
- Elberfeld
- Place of death
- Bonn
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Employer
- University of Bonn
- Languages spoken
- German
- Doctoral advisor
- Christian Ludwig Gerling
- Doctoral student
- Friedrich Albert Lange
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- Julius Plücker 1856.jpg
- Work location
- Bonn
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- date of birth
- 1801-06-16
- date of death
- 1868-05-22
- Commons category
- Julius Plücker
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- place of burial
- Alter Friedhof Bonn
- name in native language
- Julius Plücker
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P8168
- Sérifontaine
- partner in business or sport
- Heinrich Geißler
- interested in
- analytic geometry
- archives at
- Göttingen State and University Library
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Encyclopedic overview
Julius Plücker (16 July 1801 – 22 May 1868) was a German mathematician and physicist. He made fundamental contributions to the field of analytical geometry and was a pioneer in the investigations of cathode rays that led eventually to the discovery of the electron. He also vastly extended the study of Lamé curves.
Biography
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