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Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz was a German physicist and physician who made significant contributions in several scientific fields, particularly hydrodynamic stability. The Helmholtz Association, the largest German association of research institutions, was named in his honour. Helmholtz is remembered for at the time groundbreaking work in natural science linking theory and practical resea…
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science · German physicist and physiologist (1821–1894) · physicist · ophthalmologist · musicologist · music theorist · university teacher · psychologist · physiologist · biophysicist · philosopher · anatomist · also Hermann von Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Helmholtz
Born 31 August 1821 · Died 8 September 1894 · Q60024
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1894· 2 entries
Died 1894-09-08.
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“La cantidad de fuerza que puede ponerse en práctica en la totalidad de la naturaleza es inmutable, y no puede ser aumentada ni disminuida.”
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1888· 1 entry
Won Albert Medal (1888).
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1883· 1 entry
Professor Helmholtz was honoured by the Emperor, being raised to the nobility, or Adel
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1881· 3 entries
Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (1881).
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Awarded Faraday Lectureship Prize (1881).
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Helmholtz was elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
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1878· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson (1878–1894).
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1877· 1 entry
Career landmark: rector (1877–1878).
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1875· 1 entry
(the first English edition was from the 1870 third German edition; Ellis's second English edition from the 1877 fourth German edition was published in 1885; the 1895 and 1912 third and fourth English editions were reprin
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1873· 3 entries
Won Copley Medal (1873).
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Awarded Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order (1873).
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Helmholtz was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society
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1871· 3 entries
“The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex”
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Helmholtz moved from Heidelberg to Berlin to become a professor of physics
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Accepted his final university position, as professor of physics at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin
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1868· 1 entry
Won Matteucci Medal (1868).
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1867· 1 entry
Helmholtz described the importance of unconscious inferences for perception
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1866· 1 entry
Awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1866).
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1864· 1 entry
Won Croonian Medal and Lecture (1864).
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1863· 1 entry
Helmholtz published Sensations of Tone, once again demonstrating his interest in the physics of perception
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1862· 2 entries
Awarded honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1862).
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“On the Conservation of Force”
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1860· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1860).
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1857· 1 entry
“On the Physiological Causes of Harmony”
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1855· 1 entry
Accepted a full professorship of anatomy and physiology at the University of Bonn
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1851· 1 entry
Helmholtz revolutionized the field of ophthalmology with the invention of the ophthalmoscope; an instrument used to examine the inside of the human eye
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1849· 1 entry
While at Königsberg, Helmholtz measured the speed at which the signal is carried along a nerve fibre
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1843· 1 entry
Studied at Pépinière (1838–1843).
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1842· 1 entry
And served a one-year internship at the Charité hospital (because there was financial support for medical students)
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1837· 1 entry
Studied at Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Gymnasium (1837).
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1821· 1 entry
Born 1821-08-31.
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