Johannes Georg Forchhammer (22 May 1861 – 23 July 1938) was a Danish physicist and educator. He was born in

Aalborg Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of Aalb ...

as a son of Johannes Nicolai Georg Forchhammer. He was a brother of teacher Henni Forchhammer and singer Viggo Forchhammer and uncle of theatre director

Bjarne Forchhammer Bjarne Forchhammer (14 September 1903 – 3 April 1970) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 25 films between 1933 and 1968. He was born in Germany and died in Denmark. Filmography *'' Kongen bød'' (1938) *'' The Child'' (1940) *'' Va ...

. He was a grandson of

Johan Georg Forchhammer Johan Georg Forchhammer (26 July 1794 – 14 December 1865) was a Danish mineralogist and geologist. Early life and education Forchhammer was born at Husum, Schleswig. He studied at the universities of Kiel and Copenhagen from 1815 to 1818. C ...

and grandnephew of August Friedrich Wilhelm Forchhammer. He finished his secondary education at

Herlufsholm School Herlufsholm School ( da, Herlufsholm Skole og Gods) is a private day and boarding school by the River Suså in Næstved, about south of Copenhagen. Herlufsholm was founded in 1565 as a boarding school for "sons of noble and other honest men" on ...

in 1880, and took the polytechnical examination in chemistry in 1885. He was an assistant at the

Carlsberg Laboratory The Carlsberg Research Laboratory is a private scientific research center in Copenhagen, Denmark under the Carlsberg Group. It was founded in 1875 by J. C. Jacobsen, the founder of the Carlsberg brewery, with the purpose of advancing biochemica ...

from 1885 to 1886, and from 1886 to 1891 he taught at the Metropolitan School and the

Royal Danish Naval Academy The Royal Danish Naval Academy ( da, Søværnets Officersskole or more commonly, ''Søofficerskolen'') educates and commissions all officers for the Royal Danish Navy. Having existed for more than 300 years, it is the oldest still-existing offic ...

. On 1 April 1891 he became manager of the school for deaf people in

Nyborg Nyborg is a city in central Denmark, located in Nyborg Municipality on the island of Funen and with a population of 17,525 (2022). It is the easternmost settlement on Funen. By road, it is located 34 km east of Odense, 35 km north of ...

. School textbooks written by Forchhammer include ''Mekanisk Fysik'' (1888) and ''Astronomi'' (1889) together with Julius Petersen. He took the dr.philos. degree in 1903 with the

thesis A thesis ( : theses), or dissertation (abbreviated diss.), is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings.International Standard ISO 7144: ...

''Om nødvendigheden af sikre meddelelsesmidler i døvstummeundervisningen''. From 1909 to 1926 he headed the Royal Institute for the deaf-mute in

Fredericia Fredericia () is a town located in Fredericia Municipality in the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Vejle. It was founded in 16 ...

. He died in 1938.

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* 1861 births 1938 deaths People from Aalborg Danish physicists Danish educators Rectors of the University of Copenhagen {{Denmark-academic-bio-stub