Franz Ernst Neumann

Franz Ernst Neumann
Franz Ernst Neumann.
Portrait by Carl Steffeck (1886)
Born(1798-09-11)11 September 1798
Died23 May 1895(1895-05-23) (aged 96)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Berlin
Known forCrystallography
Neumann formula
Neumann's law
Neumann–Minnigerode-Curie principle
Kopp–Neumann law
Magnetic vector potential
AwardsCopley Medal (1886)
ForMemRS (1862)
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (1860)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Mineralogy
InstitutionsKönigsberg University
Doctoral advisorChristian Samuel Weiss
Doctoral studentsWoldemar Voigt
Alfred Clebsch
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
Friedrich Heinrich Albert Wangerin

Franz Ernst Neumann (11 September 1798 – 23 May 1895) was a German mineralogist and physicist.