Authorised form of name | Wiedemann; Gustav Heinrich (1826 - 1899) |
Dates | 1826 - 1899 |
Nationality | German |
Place of birth | Berlin, Germany |
Date of birth | 02 October 1826 |
Place of death | Leipzig, Germany |
Date of death | 23 March 1899 |
Research field | Physics |
Chemistry |
Activity | Education: PhD (1847) Career: Professor of Physics, Basel (1854-1863); taught at Brunswick and at Carlsruhe; Professor of Physical Chemistry, Leipzig (1871); Professor of Physics, Leipzig; studied the thermal conductivity of metals
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Membership category | Foreign Member |
Date of election | 31/01/1884 |
Relationships | Married (1851) Clara, daughter of Eilhard Mitscherlich (For Mem RS 1828) |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 41-43 signed by G C F |
Code | NA6666 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1884/05 | Wiedemann, Gustav Heinrich: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
NLB/11/821 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Herrn Professor Dr E Wiedemann, Die Universitat, Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany | 10 October 1895 |
NLB/18/555 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | [29 March 1899] |
MC/11/47 | Letter from Professor G [Gustav] Wiedemann, Fridericianum, Leipzig, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 16 April 1877 |
MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |
PP/10/28 | Paper, 'Clausius's formula for the change of state from liquid to gas applied to Messrs. Ramsay and Young's observations on alcohol' by George Francis Fitzgerald | 1887 |