Person Fahrenheit; Daniel Gabriel (1686 - 1736) Fahrenheit Daniel Gabriel 1686 - 1736 Polish Male Danzig [Gdansk], Poland, Europe 14 or 24 May 1686 The Hague, Netherlands 16 September 1736

Scientific instrument maker Experimental physics Career: On the death of his parents, sent by his guardian to Amsterdam (1701); travelled through Germany observing the practices of other instrument makers (1707); returned to Amsterdam (1717); friend of Herman Boerhaave (FRS 1730) and Willem Jakob 's Gravesande (FRS 1715); invented the mercury thermometer; demonstrated his thermometer to the Royal Society (1724) Son of Daniel Fahrenheit and his wife, Concordia Schumann Fellow 07/05/1724 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Notes: DSB gives birth date as 24 May 1686. Proposed by John Theophilus Desaguliers International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 14 or 24 May 1686 - 16 Sep 1736 NA5700 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 684f3a7a-6dc9-4197-af9e-9c13c89d89fe