| Authorised form of name | Kirchhoff; Gustav Robert (1824 - 1887) |
| Dates | 1824 - 1887 |
| Place of birth | Konigsberg, Germany |
| Date of birth | 12 March 1824 |
| Place of death | Berlin, Germany |
| Date of death | 17 October 1887 |
| Research field | Physics |
| Activity | Career:
Professor Extraordinary, Breslau (1850); Professor of Physics, Heidelberg (1854); Professor of Physics, Berlin (1875)
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 08/04/1875 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Rumford Medal 1862; Davy Medal 1877 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1889 vol 46 pp vi-ix signed by A S |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/2587371 |
| Royal Society code | NA6506 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1875/11 | Kirchhoff, Gustav Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/373/1/86 | Testimonial by Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, Heidelberg, supporting Thomas Edward Thorpe | 13 June 1870 |
| NLB/3/211 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Arthur Schuster, Fellow of the Royal Society | 10 April 1889 |
| MC/10/240 | Letter from G [Gustav] Kirchhoff, Margarethenstrasse 4, Berlin, to Professor [Alexander William] Williamson, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society | 19 April 1875 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| MC/11/204 | Letter from G [Gustav] Kirchhoff, Keithstrasse 9, Berlin, to Professor [Alexander William] Williamson, [Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society] | 26 April 1878 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |