Person
Wilhelm Eduard Weber
1804 – 1891 · aged 87
German physicist (1804–1891)
- Born
- 24 Oct 1804 · Lutherstadt Wittenberg
- Died
- 23 Jun 1891 · Göttingen
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- 24 Oct 1804BornBorn in Lutherstadt Wittenberg
- 1846AwardHonorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- 1850AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 1859AwardBavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- 1859AwardCopley Medal
- 1864AwardPour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
- 1879AwardCothenius Medal
- 1879AwardMatteucci Medal
- 23 Jun 1891DiedDied in Göttingen
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- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
Biography
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.
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