Rudolf Clausius
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| Rudolf Clausius | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 January 1822 Köslin, Pomerania |
| Died | 24 August 1888 (aged 66) Bonn |
| 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]
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/pnd116540486.html>.
- ↑ 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>.
- ↑ 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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