Heinrich Hertz

Heinrich Hertz
Heinrich Hertz
	Hertz, c. 1890
Born	Heinrich Rudolf Hertz; 22 February 1857; Hamburg, German Confederation
Died	1 January 1894 (aged 36); Bonn, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Resting place	Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg
Education	University of Berlin (PhD, 1880)
Known for	Founding contact mechanics (1881); Researching cathode rays (1883, 1892); Discovering radio waves (1886); Discovering the photoelectric effect (1887); Inventing the parabolic antenna (1888);
Spouse	Elisabeth Doll (m. 1886)
Children	2, including Mathilde
Father	Gustav Ferdinand Hertz
Relatives	Gustav Ludwig Hertz (nephew)
Awards	Matteucci Medal (1888); Rumford Medal (1890);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics Electromagnetism; ;
Institutions	University of Kiel (1883–1885); University of Karlsruhe (1885–1889); University of Bonn (1889–1894);
Thesis	Über die Induction in rotirenden Kugeln (On induction in rotating spheres) (1880)
Doctoral advisors	Hermann von Helmholtz; Gustav Kirchhoff;
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Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (/hɜːrts/ HURTS; German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈʁuːdɔlf hɛʁts];^[1]^[2] 22 February 1857 – 1 January 1894) was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves predicted by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism.

^ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 575, 580. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
^ Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. p. 440. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.

Heinrich Hertz
Hertz, c. 1890
Born	Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857-02-22)22 February 1857 Hamburg, German Confederation
Died	1 January 1894(1894-01-01) (aged 36) Bonn, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Resting place	Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg
Education	University of Berlin (PhD, 1880)
Known for	Founding contact mechanics (1881) Researching cathode rays (1883, 1892) Discovering radio waves (1886) Discovering the photoelectric effect (1887) Inventing the parabolic antenna (1888)
Spouse	Elisabeth Doll (m. 1886)
Children	2, including Mathilde
Father	Gustav Ferdinand Hertz
Relatives	Gustav Ludwig Hertz (nephew)
Awards	Matteucci Medal (1888) Rumford Medal (1890)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics Electromagnetism
Institutions	University of Kiel (1883–1885) University of Karlsruhe (1885–1889) University of Bonn (1889–1894)
Thesis	Über die Induction in rotirenden Kugeln (On induction in rotating spheres) (1880)
Doctoral advisors	Hermann von Helmholtz Gustav Kirchhoff

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