| Authorised form of name | Fahrenheit; Daniel Gabriel (1686 - 1736) |
| Dates | 1686 - 1736 |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Place of birth | Danzig [Gdansk], Poland, Europe |
| Date of birth | 14 or 24 May 1686 |
| Place of death | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Date of death | 16 September 1736 |
| Occupation | Scientific instrument maker |
| Research field | Experimental physics |
| Activity | Career:
On the death of his parents, sent by his guardian to Amsterdam (1701); travelled through Germany observing the practices of other instrument makers (1707); returned to Amsterdam (1717); friend of Herman Boerhaave (FRS 1730) and Willem Jakob 's Gravesande (FRS 1715); invented the mercury thermometer; demonstrated his thermometer to the Royal Society (1724)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/05/1724 |
| Relationships | Son of Daniel Fahrenheit and his wife, Concordia Schumann |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Notes:
DSB gives birth date as 24 May 1686. Proposed by John Theophilus Desaguliers |
| Code | NA5700 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| RBO/12/3 | Description a new barometer by D Fahrenheit | 1724 |
| RBO/11/122 | Experiment to show that different liquids have different boiling points by D Fahrenheit | 1723 |
| RBO/11/110 | 'Araeometri novi Descriptio et usus' by D G Fahrenheit | 1723 |
| IM/005732 | Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel | 2001 |
| IM/001345 | Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel | nd |
| IM/005730 | Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel | 2001 |
| CLP/4i/71/1 | Manuscript, 'Barometri novi descriptio' [Description of a new barometer] by D G [Daniel Gabriel] Fahrenheit | 1724 |
| RBO/11/115 | 'Experimenta et Observationes de congelatione aquae in vacuo' by D G Fahrenheit | 1724 |
| IM/005731 | Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel | 2001 |
| CLP/6/69a | Paper, 'Araeometri novi descriptio et usus' [Description of the new araeometer and its uses] by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit | 1723 |
| CLP/6/69a/1 | Manuscript, 'Araeometri novi descriptio et usus' [Description of the new araeometer and its uses] by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit | 1723 |
| CLP/6/69b | Paper 'Materiarum quarundam gravitates specficæ' [Concerning the gravity of different substances] by D G [Daniel Gabriel] Fahrenheit | 1724 |
| CLP/4i/71 | Paper, 'Barometri novi descriptio' [Description of a new barometer] by D G [Daniel Gabriel] Fahrenheit | 1724 |
| CLP/4i/70 | Paper, 'Experimenta et observationes de congelatione aquae in vacuo factae' [The experiments and observations on water made in an air-tight vacuum] by D G [Daniel Gabriel] Fahrenheit | 1724 |
| CLP/6/68 | Paper, 'Experimenta circa gradum caloris liquorum nonnullorum ebullientium instituta' [Experiments on boiling liquids] by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit | 1723 |
| CLP/6/69a/2 | Figure, araeometer [hydrometer] by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit | 1723 |
| RBO/11/125 | Concerning the different gravities of different substances by D Fahrenheit | 1724 |