Johann Andreas Segner | |
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Born | 9 October 1704 |
Died | 5 October 1777 | (aged 72)
Nationality | Hungarian[1] |
Citizenship | Kingdom of Hungary |
Known for | Segner wheel |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Jena Göttingen Halle |
Doctoral advisor | Georg Erhard Hamberger Simon Paul Hilscher |
Doctoral students | Johann Georg Büsch |
Johann Andreas von Segner (Hungarian: Segner János András, ‹See Tfd›German: Johann Andreas von Segner, Slovak: Ján Andrej Segner, Latin: Iohannes Andreas de Segner; October 9, 1704 – October 5, 1777) was a Hungarian scientist. He was born in the Kingdom of Hungary, in the former Hungarian capital city of Pozsony, or Pressburg (today Bratislava).