Johann Andreas Segner

Johann Andreas Segner
Johann Andreas Segner's portrait
Born9 October 1704
Died5 October 1777 (1777-10-06) (aged 72)
NationalityHungarian[1]
CitizenshipKingdom of Hungary
Known forSegner wheel
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsJena
Göttingen
Halle
Doctoral advisorGeorg Erhard Hamberger
Simon Paul Hilscher
Doctoral studentsJohann 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).

  1. ^ Pöss, Ondrej (2012). "Karpatskí Nemci". In Myrtil Nagy (ed.). Naše národnostné menšiny. Šamorín: Fórum inštitút pre výskum menšín. pp. 9–12. ISBN 978-80-89249-57-2.