Heinrich Hertz

Heinrich Hertz
Born
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz

(1857-02-22)22 February 1857
Hamburg, German Confederation
(now Germany)
Died1 January 1894(1894-01-01) (aged 36)
Bonn, German Empire
(now Germany)
Resting placeOhlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg
Alma materUniversity of Berlin (PhD)
Known for
Spouse
Elisabeth Doll
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(m. 1886)​
Children
Parents
RelativesGustav Ludwig Hertz (nephew)
AwardsMatteucci Medal (1888)
Rumford Medal (1890)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Institutions
Doctoral advisorsHermann von Helmholtz
Gustav Kirchhoff
Signature

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (/hɜːrts/ HURTS; German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç hɛʁts];[1][2] 22 February 1857 – 1 January 1894) was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves predicted by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism. The SI unit of frequency, the hertz (Hz), is named after him.[3]

  1. ^ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 575, 580. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
  2. ^ Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. p. 440. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
  3. ^ "IEC History". Iec.ch. Archived from the original on 19 May 2013.