Wilhelm Eduard Weber

Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804–1891) was a physicist, university teacher, and philosopher from the Kingdom of Prussia. Born in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, he was educated at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, the University of Göttingen, and the Francke Foundations. His doctoral advisor was Johann Schweigger. Weber served as a professor at Leipzig University, the University of Göttingen, and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, and was associated with the Göttingen Observatory. He was a member of the Göttingen Seven.

Weber’s doctoral students included Eduard Riecke, Friedrich Kohlrausch, Ernst Abbe, and Theodor Reye. He was a member of the Royal Society, the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His awards included the Copley Medal, Cothenius Medal, Matteucci Medal, and the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art. Notable works include *Traité d'ostéologie et de syndesmologie*, *Resultate [aus den beobachtungen des Magnetischen vereins*, *Wilhelm Weber's Werke*, *Principien Einer Elektrodynamischen Theorie der Materie*, and *Wellenlehre auf Experimente gegrundet..*. He died in Göttingen and is buried in the Göttingen City Cemetery.