Hermann von Helmholtz

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human philosopher physician physicist physiologist university teacher

Hermann von Helmholtz was a 19th-century German physician and physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to physiology, optics, acoustics, and the conservation of energy.

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Hermann von Helmholtz’s own experiments	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ physician ⓘ physicist ⓘ physiologist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
academicDegree	doctorate in medicine ⓘ
awardReceived	Copley Medal ⓘ Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts ⓘ surface form: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts Rumford Medal ⓘ
causeOfDeath	stomach cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth	1821-08-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1894-09-08 ⓘ
describedBySource	Deutsche Biographie ⓘ Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ surface form: Encyclopædia Britannica
educatedAt	Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ surface form: Friedrich Wilhelm Institute Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ surface form: University of Berlin
employer	Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt ⓘ Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ surface form: University of Berlin University of Bonn ⓘ Heidelberg University ⓘ surface form: University of Heidelberg University of Königsberg ⓘ
familyName	Hermann von Helmholtz self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Helmholtz
fieldOfWork	acoustics ⓘ optics ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ physics ⓘ physiology ⓘ thermodynamics ⓘ
givenName	Hermann ⓘ
hasInfluenced	Albert Einstein ⓘ Hermann Ebbinghaus ⓘ Max Planck ⓘ Wilhelm Wundt ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ
memberOf	Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ
movement	scientific materialism ⓘ
nativeLanguage	German ⓘ
nobleTitle	von ⓘ
notableAchievement	contributed to electrodynamics and the theory of vortices in fluids ⓘ contributed to the kinetic theory of gases ⓘ developed the ophthalmoscope ⓘ formulated the principle of conservation of energy in physics ⓘ made fundamental contributions to physiological optics ⓘ made fundamental contributions to the theory of hearing and acoustics ⓘ
notableWork	Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen ⓘ Handbuch der physiologischen Optik ⓘ On the Conservation of Force ⓘ Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen ⓘ surface form: On the Sensations of Tone
placeOfBirth	Potsdam ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Charlottenburg ⓘ
positionHeld	first president of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt ⓘ professor of physics at the University of Berlin ⓘ professor of physiology at the University of Bonn ⓘ professor of physiology at the University of Heidelberg ⓘ professor of physiology at the University of Königsberg ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Karla von Mohl ⓘ Olga von Velten ⓘ

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Heinrich Hertz → academicAdvisor → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

Max Planck → academicAdvisor → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

Olga von Velten → associatedWith → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

all-or-none principle in nerve excitation → associatedWith → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen → author → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

Handbuch der physiologischen Optik → author → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

On the Conservation of Force → author → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

Hermann von Helmholtz → familyName → Hermann von Helmholtz self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helmholtz

Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt → foundedBy → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

Humboldt University of Berlin → hasNotableAlumni → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

Matteucci Medal → hasRecipient → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

Emil du Bois-Reymond → influenced → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

Alexander Graham Bell → influencedBy → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

Handbuch der physiologischen Optik → influencedBy → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hermann von Helmholtz’s own experiments

Helmholtz Association → namedAfter → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

Helmholtz Medal → namedAfter → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

Helmholtz Medal → namedFor → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Berlin → notableBurial → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

Prussian Academy of Sciences → notableMember → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen → relatedTo → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

Karla von Mohl → spouse → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

Olga von Velten → spouse → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ

Wilhelm Wundt → studentOf → Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ