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|field             = [[thermodynamics]]
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|workplaces        = [[University of Berlin]]<br/>[[ETH Zürich]]
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|alma_mater       = [[University of Berlin]]<br/>[[University of Halle]]
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|known_for = [[Kinetic theory]], [[entropy]]
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|prizes = [[Copley Medal]] (1879)
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|prizes           = [[Copley Medal]] (1879)
|spouse = Adelheid Rimpham (d. 1875)<br/>Sophie Stack (m. 1886)
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|spouse           = Adelheid Rimpham (m.&nbsp;1859, d.&nbsp;1875)<br/>Sophie Stack (m.&nbsp;1886)
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'''Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius''' (2 January 1822 – 24 August 1888) was a German physicist.<ref>{{ADB | name = Clausius, Rudolf | volume = 55 | year = 1910 | pages = 720–29}}.</ref><ref>{{NDB | name = Clausius Rudolf Julius Emanuel | volume = 3 | year = 1957 | pages = 276–78}}.</ref>
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'''Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius''' (2 January 1822 – 24 August 1888) was a German physicist.<ref>{{ADB | name = Clausius, Rudolf | volume = 55 | year = 1910 | pages = 720–29 | url = http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd116540486.html}}.</ref><ref name="NDB">{{NDB | name = Clausius Rudolf Julius Emanuel | volume = 3 | year = 1957 | pages = 276–78 | url = http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd116540486.html}}.</ref><ref>{{EB11 | article = Clausius, Rudolf Julius Emmanuel | volume = 6 | page = 468 | wikisource = Clausius,_Rudolf_Julius_Emmanuel}}.</ref>
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==Early life==
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Rudolf Clausius was born in 1822 in Köslin (now Koszalin, West Pomerania, Poland) in the Province of Pomerania (part of the Kingdom of Prussia) to Carl Ernst Gottlieb (1781–1855), a theologian and schoolteacher, and Charlotte Wilhelmine Dienemann (1793–1840): he was the sixth of eighteen children.<ref name="NDB"/>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:32, 17 April 2011

Rudolf Clausius
Born 2 January 1822(1822-01-02)
Köslin, Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia
Died 24 August 1888 (aged 66)
Bonn, German Empire
Fields thermodynamics
Institutions University of Berlin
ETH Zürich
Alma mater University of Berlin
University of Halle
Known for kinetic theory
entropy
Notable awards Copley Medal (1879)
Spouse Adelheid Rimpham (m. 1859, d. 1875)
Sophie Stack (m. 1886)

Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius (2 January 1822 – 24 August 1888) was a German physicist.[1][2][3]

Early life

Rudolf Clausius was born in 1822 in Köslin (now Koszalin, West Pomerania, Poland) in the Province of Pomerania (part of the Kingdom of Prussia) to Carl Ernst Gottlieb (1781–1855), a theologian and schoolteacher, and Charlotte Wilhelmine Dienemann (1793–1840): he was the sixth of eighteen children.[2]

Notes and references

Notes

References

  1. Clausius, Rudolf. In Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie; Duncker & Humblot: Leipzig, 1910; Vol. 55, pp 720–29, <http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd116540486.html>.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Clausius Rudolf Julius Emanuel. In Neue Deutsche Biographie; Duncker & Humblot: Berlin, 1957; Vol. 3, pp 276–78, <http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd116540486.html>.
  3. Clausius, Rudolf Julius Emmanuel. In Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.; University Press: Cambridge, 1911; Vol. 6, p 468, <http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Clausius%2C_Rudolf_Julius_Emmanuel>.

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