Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert (12 August 1769 – 7 March 1824)
was a German
physicist
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Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate caus ...
and
chemist
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, and professor of physics at the
University of Leipzig
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. From 1799-1824 he published the "''
Annalen der Physik
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''", of which
Poggendorffs "''
Annalen der Physik und Chemie
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''" was a continuation.
Biography
Gilbert was born in
Berlin
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. After studying mathematics and geography in the
University of Halle
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, he was appointed as professor in 1795. In 1811, he was appointed as professor of physics at the
University of Leipzig
Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 Decemb ...
, and remained in that post until his death. He died in Leipzig.
[
Since 1816 he had been a correspondent of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands.]
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Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert
1769 births
1824 deaths
19th-century German physicists
18th-century German chemists
University of Halle alumni
University of Halle faculty
Leipzig University faculty
Scientists from Berlin
Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
18th-century German physicists
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