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Heinrich Hertz

1857 - 1894

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Heinrich Rudolf Hertz ( hurts; German: [hɛʁts] ; 22 February 1857 – 1 January 1894) was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves proposed by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Hertz is the 32nd most popular physicist (down from 27th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Germany (up from 80th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Physicist.

Heinrich Hertz is most famous for proving the existence of electromagnetic waves. He was able to do this by creating a device that could produce and detect electromagnetic waves.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Heinrich Hertz ranks 32 out of 851. Before him are Georg Ohm, Robert Hooke, Maria Goeppert Mayer, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Owen Willans Richardson, and Ibn al-Haytham. After him are Lawrence Bragg, Christiaan Huygens, James Clerk Maxwell, Louis de Broglie, Hendrik Lorentz, and Daniel Bernoulli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Heinrich Hertz ranks 2. Before him is Pope Pius XI. After him are Ferdinand de Saussure, Clara Zetkin, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Edward Elgar, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Joseph Conrad, Henrik Pontoppidan, Ruggero Leoncavallo, and Alfonso XII of Spain. Among people deceased in 1894, Heinrich Hertz ranks 1. After him are Alexander III of Russia, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hermann von Helmholtz, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Lajos Kossuth, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Adolphe Sax, Anton Rubinstein, Gustave Caillebotte, and Hans von Bülow.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Hertz ranks 61 out of 7,253. Before him are William I, German Emperor (1797), Adolf Eichmann (1906), Georg Ohm (1789), Hildegard of Bingen (1098), Erwin Rommel (1891), and Jacques Offenbach (1819). After him are Hannah Arendt (1906), Eva Braun (1912), Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795), Heinrich Heine (1797), Erich Maria Remarque (1898), and Konrad Adenauer (1876).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Heinrich Hertz ranks 6. Before him are Albert Einstein (1879), Wilhelm Röntgen (1845), Max Planck (1858), Werner Heisenberg (1901), and Georg Ohm (1789). After him are Max Born (1882), Max von Laue (1879), Hermann von Helmholtz (1821), Johannes Stark (1874), Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887), and Georg Bednorz (1950).

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