Wilhelm Eduard Weber
October 4, 1804 –June 23, 1891
Physicist, University teacher, Philosopher
Lived 86 years
- Born in
- Lutherstadt Wittenberg
- Passed away in
- Göttingen
Wilhelm Eduard Weber ( WEB-er or VEY-ber; German: [ˈveːbɐ] ; 24 October 1804 – 23 June 1891) was a German physicist and, together with Carl Friedrich Gauss, inventor of the first electromagnetic telegraph.
Notable works: Wellenlehre auf Experimente gegründet, Atlas des Erdmagnetismus: nach den Elementen der Theorie entworfen, Gauß-Weber-Telegraph, Weber electrodynamics Awards: Copley Medal, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Cothenius Medal, Matteucci Medal, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, honorary doctor of the University of Königsberg, honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) Education: Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, University of Göttingen, Francke Foundations
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