Julius Robert von Mayer

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Julius Robert von Mayer was a 19th-century German physician and physicist who was one of the first to formulate the principle of conservation of energy.

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instanceOf German physician
German physicist
human
physician
physicist
scientist
awardReceived Rumford Medal
surface form: Royal Society of London Rumford Medal
causeOfDeath illness
countryOfCitizenship Germany
Kingdom of Württemberg
dateOfBirth 1814-11-25
dateOfDeath 1878-03-20
describedBySource history of thermodynamics
educatedAt Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg
surface form: University of Heidelberg

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
surface form: University of Munich

University of Tübingen NERFINISHED
era 19th century
fieldOfWork medicine
physics
thermodynamics
hasAcademicDegree doctor of medicine
hasFamilyName Mayer
hasGivenName Julius
Robert
hasOccupation ship’s doctor
influenced concept of energy conservation in physics
development of thermodynamics
knownFor conservation of energy
mechanical equivalent of heat
languageOfWorkOrName German
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Heilbronn
movement classical physics
nativeLanguage German
notableIdea energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed
mechanical equivalent of heat
notableWork early statement of the first law of thermodynamics
formulation of the principle of conservation of energy
occupation physician
physicist
scientist
partOf pioneers of energy conservation
placeOfBirth Heilbronn
Kingdom of Württemberg
placeOfDeath German Empire
Heilbronn
sexOrGender male
workLocation Germany
Heilbronn

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On the Conservation of Force influencedBy Julius Robert von Mayer
Mayer hasNotableBearer Julius Robert von Mayer