Gustav Kirchhoff
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff was a German physicist and mathematician who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects. He coined the term black body in 1860.
Background
- Born in
- Königsberg
- Educated at
- University of KönigsbergKneiphof Gymnasium
- Awards
- 🏆 Davy Medal🏆 Rumford Medal🏆 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art🏆 Cothenius Medal🏆 Matteucci Medal
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Friedrich Julius Richelot🎓 Franz Ernst Neumann
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Ernst Schröder
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Timeline
1824
Born
Birth1887
Died
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