Julius Plücker

Details

Instance of

human

Born

16 July 1801, 16 June 1801

Died

22 May 1868

Place of birth

Elberfeld

Place of death

Bonn

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Julius

Family name

Plücker

Field of work

mathematics, physics

Occupation

physicist, mathematician, university teacher

Citizenship

Kingdom of Prussia

Awards

Copley Medal, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

academic thesis

Generalem analyseos applicationem ad ea quae geometriae altioris et mechanicae basis et fundamenta sunt e serie Tayloria deducit

archives at

Göttingen State and University Library

described by source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, BEIC Digital Library, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Physicists: Biographical Dictionary

doctoral advisor

Christian Ludwig Gerling

doctoral student

Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, August Beer, Felix Klein, Friedrich Albert Lange

educated at

University of Bonn, Heidelberg University, University of Marburg, Königliches Gymnasium, Alleestraße 32, University of Paris

employer

University of Bonn, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Frederick William University Berlin, University of Bonn

has works in the collection

Museum of the University of Tübingen

interested in

analytic geometry

languages spoken, written or signed

German

member of

Royal Society of London, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony

name in native language

Julius Plücker

notable work

Plücker surface, Plücker coordinates, Plücker formula, Plücker matrix, Analytisch-geometrische Entwicklungen, Theorie der algebraischen Curven, System der Geometrie des Raumes in neuer analytischer Behandlungsweise

partner in business or sport

Heinrich Geißler

place of burial

Alter Friedhof Bonn

work location

Bonn

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