Gustav Kirchhoff
Gustav Kirchhoff
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a German physicist who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects.
Born
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff 12 March 1824 Königsberg, Province of East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia )
Died
17 October 1887 (aged 63) Berlin, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Germany )
Nationality
Prussian (1824–1871) German (1871–1887)
Known for
Kirchhoff's circuit laws Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation Kirchhoff's laws of spectroscopy Kirchhoff's law of thermochemistry
Fields
Physics Chemistry
Alma mater
University of Königsberg
Awards
Rumford medal (1862) Davy Medal (1877) Matteucci Medal (1877) Janssen Medal (1887)
Institutions
University of Berlin University of Breslau University of Heidelberg
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Germany
Doctoral advisor
Franz Ernst Neumann
era
1800+
Notable students
Loránd Eötvös Edward Nichols Gabriel Lippmann Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev Max Planck Jules Piccard Max Noether Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Ernst Schröder