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Johann Wilhelm Hittorf
Johann Wilhelm Hittorf was a German physicist who was born in Bonn and died in Münster, Germany.
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science · German physicist (1824–1914) · physicist · chemist · university teacher · also Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, Johann Hittorf, Wilhelm Hittorf, Hittorf
Born 27 March 1824 · Died 28 November 1914 · Q60428
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1914· 1 entry
Died 1914-11-28.
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1903· 1 entry
Won Hughes Medal (1903).
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1902· 1 entry
Awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1902).
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1894· 1 entry
Awarded honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1894).
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1876· 1 entry
The effect was named "cathode rays" by Eugen Goldstein
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1869· 2 entries
Ascertained that the cathode rays glowed different colours because of different gasses and pressures
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Published his principles governing the migration of ions
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1853· 1 entry
Hittorf revealed that some ions traveled more rapidly than others
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1824· 1 entry
Born 1824-03-27.
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