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Authorised form of namePlucker; Julius (1801 - 1868)
Dates1801 - 1868
NationalityGerman
Place of birthElberfeld, Germany
Date of birth16 June or 16 July 1801
Place of deathBonn, Germany
Date of death22 May 1868
Research fieldMathematics
Physics
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election14/06/1855
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1866
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1868-1869 vol 17 pp lxxxi-lxxxii
References:
Paul A Tunbridge, 'Faraday's Genevese Friends' in NR 1972-3 vol 27 pp 263-298
Notes:
DSB gives birth date as 16 June 1801. On election certificate, first 'Professor' written in pencil.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/14854402
CodeNA4992
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1855/17Plucker, Julius: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/3/223Letter from Michael Faraday, on a paper 'On the magnetic induction of crystals' by Julius Plücker25 July 1857
RR/5/187Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On a new geometry of space' by Julius Plücker9 March 1865
RR/5/188Referee's report by Henry John Stephen Smith, on a paper 'On a new geometry of space' by Julius Plücker28 March 1865
PT/72/1/5Plate, 'Spectra secundi ordinis nitrogenii oxygenii phosphoris sulphuris selenii' by unknown artist[1864]
RR/3/224Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the magnetic induction of crystals' by Julius Plücker19 December 1857
PT/71/8Paper, 'On a new geometry of space' by J [Julius] Plucker[1864]
RR/6/237Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'Fundamental views regarding mechanics' by Julius Plücker16 June 1866
PT/72/1/4Plate, 'Spectra primi ordinis nitrogenii sulphuris carbonis' by Jul Scheuren[1864]
PT/72/1Paper, 'On the spectra of ignited gases and vapours with expecial [sic] regard to the different spectra of the same elementary gaseous substance' by Dr J [Julius] Plucker and J W [Johann Wilhelm] Hittorf[1864]
PT/72/1/3Plate, 'Spectra primi ordinis nitrogenii sulphuris carbonis' by unknown artist[1864]
PT/72/1/2Plate, spectral tubes and spectroscope by [Jul Scheuren][1864]
PT/72/1/1Manuscript, 'On the spectra of ignited gases and vapours with expecial regard to the different spectra of the same elementary gaseous substance' by Dr J [Julius] Plucker and J W [Johann Wilhelm] Hittorf[1864]
PT/75/7/44Diagrams, magnetic axes of ellipsoids by [Julius Plucker?][1857]
PT/75/7/43Diagrams, magnetic axes of crystals by [Julius Plucker?][1857]
PT/75/7/42Diagrams, crystals suspended between poles by [Julius Plucker?][1857]
MC/7/154Letter from J J [James Joseph] Sylvester, Woolwich Common, to Dr [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society]16 December 1864
MC/7/184Letter from J J [James Joseph] Sylvester, Woolwich Common, to Dr [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society]22 February 1865
MC/7/386Letter from [Albrecht von Bernstorff], Prussian ambassador, Prussian Embassy, to the Secretary of the Royal Society12 December 1866
MC/7/373Letter from [Julius] Plücker, Bonn, to the Royal Society11 November 1866
MC/7Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1864-1866
MC/8/4Letter from [Julius] Plücker, Bonn, to General [Edward] Sabine, President of the Royal Society15 January 1867
RR/3/222Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'On the magnetic induction of crystals' by Julius Plücker13 July 1857
RR/5/186Referee's report by Thomas Romney Robinson, on a paper 'On the spectra of ignited gases and vapours, with especial regard to the different spectra of the same elementary gaseous sub­stance' by Julius Plücker4 April 1864
MC/8Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1867-1869
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