| Authorised form of name | Magnus; Heinrich Gustav (1802 - 1870) |
| Dates | 1802 - 1870 |
| Place of birth | Berlin, Germany |
| Date of birth | 02 May 1802 |
| Place of death | Berlin, Germany |
| Date of death | 04 April 1870 |
| Research field | Physics |
| Chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
Berlin; Stockholm; Paris
Career:
Lecturer in Technology and Physics, Berlin (1831); Extraordinary Professor, Berlin (1834); Ordinary Professor, Berlin (1845)
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 30/04/1863 |
| Relationships | Son of a wealthy merchant; married (1840) Bertha, of a French Huguenot family |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1871-1872 vol 20 pp xxvii-xxix
References:
Maria Yamalidou, 'John Tyndall, the Rhetorician of Molecularity. Part Two. Questions Put to Nature' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 319-331 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/46863343 |
| Code | NA7508 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1863/17 | Magnus, Heinrich Gustav: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/6 | Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1859-1863 |
| MC/6/307 | Letter from John Tyndall, Royal Institution, to Dr [William] Sharpey,Secretary of the Royal Society | 12 March 1863 |
| MC/7/311 | Letter from A W [August Wilhelm von] Hofmann, 4 Lauter Strasse, Berlin, to Professor [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society | 1 March 1866 |
| MC/7 | Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1864-1866 |