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Loránd Eötvös

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Loránd Eötvös

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Also known as Lorand Eotvos, Eötvös Loránd, Eotvos Lorand

Hungarian physicist (1848–1919)

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Hungary
Active from
1944-01-02
Active to
2024-03-24
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Prime minister
Sándor Wekerle
Preceded by
Albin Csáky
Succeeded by
Gyula Wlassics
Born
27 July 1848, Buda , Kingdom of Hungary
Died
8 April 1919 (1919-04-08) (aged 70), Budapest , Austria-Hungary
Resting place
Fiume Road Graveyard , Budapest
Party
Liberal Party
Spouse
Gizella Horvát
Parents
József Eötvös (father) Ágnes Rosty (mother)
Alma mater
Heidelberg University ( PhD )
Occupation
physicist politician
Known for
Eötvös effect , Eötvös experiment , Eötvös number , Eötvös rule
Doctoral advisor
Hermann Helmholtz
Institutions
University of Budapest

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Eötvös Loránd.jpg
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Loránd Eötvös
date of death
1919-04-08
date of birth
1848-07-27
name in native language
Eötvös Loránd
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Baron Loránd Eötvös de Vásárosnamény (or simply Loránd Eötvös /ˈɜːrtvɔːs/; Hungarian: [ˈloːraːnd ˈøtvøʃ]; Hungarian: vásárosnaményi báró Eötvös Loránd Ágoston; 27 July 1848 – 8 April 1919), also called Baron Roland von Eötvös in English literature, was a Hungarian physicist. He is remembered today largely for his work on gravitation and surface tension, and the invention of the torsion pendulum.

In addition to Eötvös Loránd University and the Eötvös Loránd Institute of Geophysics in Hungary, the Eötvös crater on the Moon, the asteroid 12301 Eötvös and the mineral lorándite also bear his name, as well as a peak (Cima Eotvos) in the Dolomites.

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