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a German chemist, physicist, and professor of mathematics born in Erlangen. In 1820 he built the first sensitive galvanometer, naming it after Luigi Galvani.

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Born
Johann Salomo Christoph Schweigger 8 April 1779 Erlangen, Brandenburg-Bayreuth
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Died
6 September 1857 (aged 78) Halle, Prussian Saxony
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Known for
First galvanometer
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Fields
Physics, chemistry, mathematics
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Alma mater
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
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Institutions
Bayreuth Gymnasium University of Erlangen-Nuremberg University of Halle-Wittenberg
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Academic advisors
Georg Friedrich Hildebrandt Karl Christian von Langsdorf Johann Tobias Mayer
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Germany
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Doctoral students
Wilhelm Eduard Weber
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era
1800+
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Other notable students
Franz Wilhelm Schweigger-Seidel