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Born | Hamburg, German Confederation | 22 February 1857
Died | 1 January 1894 Bonn, German Empire | (aged 36)
Alma mater | University of Munich University of Berlin |
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Elisabeth Doll (m. 1886) |
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Relatives | Gustav Ludwig Hertz (nephew) |
Awards | Matteucci Medal (1888) Rumford Medal (1890) |
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Doctoral advisor | Gustav Kirchhoff Hermann von Helmholtz |
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Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (/hɜːrts/ HURTS; German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈhɛʁts];[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. The unit of frequency, cycle per second, was named the "Hertz" in his honor.[3]
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