Georg Ohm
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Georg Ohm Science
a German physicist and mathematician. As a school teacher, Ohm began his research with the new electrochemical cell, invented by Italian scientist Alessandro Volta.
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Born
16 March 1789 Erlangen, Brandenburg-Bayreuth in the Holy Roman Empire (present-day Germany)
Died
6 July 1854 (aged 65) Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria in the German Confederation (present-day Germany)
Nationality
German
Known for
Ohm's law Ohm's phase law Ohm's acoustic law
Fields
Physics (studies of electricity )
Alma mater
University of Erlangen
Awards
Copley Medal (1841)
Institutions
University of Munich
adultbasic
Germany
Doctoral advisor
Karl Christian von Langsdorf
era
1800+