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Born October 24, 1804 • Wittenberg • Germany
Died June 23, 1891 (aged 86) • Göttingen • Germany
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1859)
Subjects Of Study electromagnetism
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin
Scottish engineer, mathematician, and physicist
Charles Wheatstone
Sir Charles Wheatstone
British physicist
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Wolfgang Paul
German physicist
Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermann von Helmholtz
German scientist and philosopher
Engraving portrait of Carl Friedrich Gauss wearing a cap and formal 19th-century clothing, with detailed shading around his face and upper body.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Italian physicist
Joseph Henry
Joseph Henry
American physicist
Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday
British physicist and chemist
J.J. Thomson
J.J. Thomson
British physicist
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
Lord Rayleigh
British scientist
Siméon-Denis Poisson
Siméon-Denis Poisson
French mathematician
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta
Italian physicist
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Patrick Blackett
British physicist
William Crookes
Sir William Crookes
British chemist
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Abdus Salam
Pakistani physicist
Nevill F. Mott
Sir Nevill F. Mott
British physicist
James Dewar
Sir James Dewar
British chemist and physicist
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Hans Christian Ørsted
Danish physicist and chemist
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John Canton
British physicist
Werner Karl Heisenberg sits at a desk in a suit with his hands folded, bookshelves in the background.
Werner Heisenberg
German physicist and philosopher

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