Heinrich Hertz
February 22, 1857 –January 1, 1894
Physicist, Philosopher, Inventor, University teacher
Lived 36 years
- Born in
- Hamburg
- Passed away in
- Bonn
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz ( hurts; German: [hɛʁts] ; 22 February 1857 – 1 January 1894) was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves proposed by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism.
Awards: Rumford Medal, Matteucci Medal, La Caze Prize of the Academy of Sciences, Bressa Prize, CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) Education: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Frederick William University Berlin, Technical University of Munich, TU Dresden
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