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Authorised form of nameOhm; Georg Simon (? 1787 - 1854)
Other forms of nameGeorge Simon
Dates? 1787 - 1854
NationalityGerman
Place of birthErlangen, Bavaria, Germany
Date of birth16 March 1787 or 16 March 1789
Place of deathMunich, Bavaria, Germany
Date of death06 or 07 July 1854
Research fieldPhysics
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election05/05/1842
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1841
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1854-1855 vol 7 pp 598-602
Notes:
DSB gives birth and death dates as 16 March 1789 and 06 July 1854
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/7475469
CodeNA7521
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MC/3/210Letter from George Simon Ohm, rector of the polytechnic school, Nuremberg, to the Royal Society27 March 1842
IM/003364Ohm, Georg Simonnd
EC/1842/16Ohm, Georg Simon: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
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