Johann Wilhelm Hittorf

Details

Instance of

human

Born

27 March 1824

Died

28 November 1914

Place of birth

Bonn

Place of death

Münster

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Johann, Wilhelm

Family name

Hittorf

Father

Heinrich Hittorf

Mother

Theresia Hittorf

Field of work

electrochemistry

Occupation

physicist, chemist, university teacher

Citizenship

Kingdom of Prussia

Awards

Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Hughes Medal, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

described by source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Physicists: Biographical Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)

doctoral advisor

Julius Plücker

educated at

University of Bonn

employer

University of Münster

languages spoken, written or signed

German

member of

Academy of Science for Public Utility, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

nominated for

Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Physics

place of burial

Münster Central Cemetery

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