Heinrich Hertz
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves proposed by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism.
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Background
- Born in
- Hamburg
- Educated at
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenHumboldt-Universität zu BerlinTechnical University of MunichTUD Dresden University of TechnologyGelehrtenschule des Johanneums
- Awards
- 🏆 Rumford Medal🏆 Matteucci Medal
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Hermann von Helmholtz🎓 Wilhelm von Bezold
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Vilhelm Bjerknes
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1857
Born
Birth1894
Died
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