Emil Lenz
1804 – 1865 · aged 61
Baltic German physicist (1804-1865)
- Born
- 1804 · Tartu
- Died
- 1865 · Rome
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- 1804BornBorn in Tartu
- 1842AwardHonorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- 1865DiedDied in Rome
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- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
Biography
Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz (German: [ˈeːmɪl ˈlɛnts]; also Emil Khristianovich Lenz; Russian: Эми́лий Христиа́нович Ленц; 24 February [O.S. 12 February] 1804 – 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1865), usually cited as Emil Lenz or Heinrich Lenz in some countries, was a Russian physicist of Baltic German descent who is most noted for formulating Lenz's law in electrodynamics in 1834.
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