PHYSICIST

Hermann von Helmholtz

1821 - 1894

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Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (; German: [ˈhɛʁman fɔn ˈhɛlmˌhɔlts]; 31 August 1821 – 8 September 1894; "von" since 1883) was a German physicist and physician who made significant contributions in several scientific fields, particularly hydrodynamic stability. The Helmholtz Association, the largest German association of research institutions, was named in his honour. In the fields of physiology and psychology, Helmholtz is known for his mathematics concerning the eye, theories of vision, ideas on the visual perception of space, colour vision research, the sensation of tone, perceptions of sound, and empiricism in the physiology of perception. In physics, he is known for his theories on the conservation of energy and on the electrical double layer, work in electrodynamics, chemical thermodynamics, and on a mechanical foundation of thermodynamics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann von Helmholtz is the 78th most popular physicist (down from 59th in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from Germany (up from 197th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Physicist.

Hermann von Helmholtz is most famous for being the first person to measure the speed of nerve impulses.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Hermann von Helmholtz ranks 78 out of 851. Before him are Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Ludwig Boltzmann, Max von Laue, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Edward Teller, and James Chadwick. After him are Christian Doppler, Ernst Mach, Manne Siegbahn, Luis Walter Alvarez, Victor Francis Hess, and Gustaf Dalén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Hermann von Helmholtz ranks 4. Before him are Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles Baudelaire, and Gustave Flaubert. After him are Rudolf Virchow, August Schleicher, Auguste Mariette, Lola Montez, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, Elizabeth Blackwell, Wilhelm Tempel, and Louis Vuitton. Among people deceased in 1894, Hermann von Helmholtz ranks 4. Before him are Heinrich Hertz, Alexander III of Russia, and Robert Louis Stevenson. After him are 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, Hermann von Helmholtz ranks 189 out of 7,253. Before him are Baron Munchausen (1720), Conrad III of Germany (1093), Nelly Sachs (1891), Sophia of Prussia (1870), Richard Willstätter (1872), and Georgius Agricola (1494). After him are Paul Heyse (1830), Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (1710), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), Friedrich Schlegel (1772), Leopold Mozart (1719), and Johann Christian Bach (1735).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Hermann von Helmholtz ranks 9. Before him are Max Planck (1858), Werner Heisenberg (1901), Georg Ohm (1789), Heinrich Hertz (1857), Max Born (1882), and Max von Laue (1879). After him are Johannes Stark (1874), Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887), Georg Bednorz (1950), Otto von Guericke (1602), J. Hans D. Jensen (1907), and Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804).

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