| Authorised form of name | Clausius; Rudolph Julius Emmanuel (1822 - 1888) |
| Dates | 1822 - 1888 |
| Place of birth | Koszalin, Poland |
| Date of birth | 02 January 1822 |
| Place of death | Bonn, Germany |
| Date of death | 24 August 1888 |
| Research field | Physics |
| Thermodynamics |
| Optics |
| Electricity |
| Activity | Education:
Stettin; University of Berlin (1840-1844); Halle
Career:
Professor of Physics, Royal Artillery Engineering School, Berlin (1850); Professor, Zurich (1855); Professor, Wurzburg (1857); Professor of Natural Philosophy, Bonn (1869-1888); served in the Ambulance Corps during the Franco-German war
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 26/03/1868 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1879 |
| Relationships | Son of Rev C E G Clausius DD |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1890 vol 48 pp i-viii signed by G F F G
References:
J G O'Hara, 'George Johnstone Stoney, FRS, and the Concept of the Electron' in NR 1974-5 vol 29 pp 265-276 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/36968732 |
| Code | NA8171 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1868/02 | Clausius, Rudolph Julius Emmanuel: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/3/206 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Francis Fitzgerald, Fellow of the Royal Society | 10 April 1889 |
| MC/7 | Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1864-1866 |
| MC/8/145 | Letter from John Tyndall to Dr [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 20 February 1868 |
| MC/8/174 | Letter from R [Rudolph] Clausius, Würzburg, to Professor W H [William Hallowes] Miller, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society | 16 April 1868 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |
| MS/427/6 | Copy letter from Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Hon. [Chalres] W. Fremantle | 7 November 1879 |
| MC/11/436 | Letter from C W [Charles William] Fremantle, Royal Mint, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 8 November 1879 |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |
| 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 |
| MC/17 | Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1897-1899 |