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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> | + | '''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 name="NDB">{{NDB | name = Clausius Rudolf Julius Emanuel | volume = 3 | year = 1957 | pages = 276–78}}.</ref> |
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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"/> | ||
==Notes and references== | ==Notes and references== | ||
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| Rudolf Clausius | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 January 1822 Köslin, Pomerania |
| Died | 24 August 1888 (aged 66) Bonn |
| Alma mater | University of Berlin University of Halle |
| Known for | Kinetic theory, entropy |
| Religion | Evangelist |
| Spouse(s) | Adelheid Rimpham (m. 1859, d. 1875) Sophie Stack (m. 1886) |
| Children | three sons, four daughters |
Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius (2 January 1822 – 24 August 1888) was a German physicist.[1][2]
Biography
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
- ↑ Clausius, Rudolf. In Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie; Duncker & Humblot: Leipzig, 1910; Vol. 55, pp 720–29, <http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/>.
- ↑ 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/>.
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