Heinrich Hertz

Heinrich Hertz
Heinrich Hertz
	Hertz, c. 1890
Born	Heinrich Rudolf Hertz; 22 February 1857; Hamburg, German Confederation
Died	1 January 1894 (aged 36); Bonn, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Resting place	Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg
Alma mater	University of Berlin (PhD)
Known for	Hertzian cone; Hertz effect; Hertzian oscillator; Hertz's principle of least curvature; Hertz vector; Hertzian wave; Hertz–Knudsen equation; Contact mechanics; Dipole antenna; Parabolic antenna;
Spouse	Elisabeth Doll (m. 1886)
Children	2, including Mathilde
Father	Gustav Ferdinand Hertz
Relatives	Gustav Ludwig Hertz (nephew)
Awards	Matteucci Medal (1888); Rumford Medal (1890)
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Kiel (1883–1885); University of Karlsruhe (1885–1889); University of Bonn (1889–1894);
Doctoral advisors	Hermann von Helmholtz; Gustav Kirchhoff
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Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (/hɜːrts/ HURTS; German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç hɛʁts];^[1]^[2] 22 February 1857 – 1 January 1894) was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves predicted by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism. The SI unit of frequency, the hertz (Hz), is named after him.^[3]

^ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 575, 580. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
^ Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. p. 440. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
^ "IEC History". Iec.ch. Archived from the original on 19 May 2013.

Heinrich Hertz
Hertz, c. 1890
Born	Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857-02-22)22 February 1857 Hamburg, German Confederation
Died	1 January 1894(1894-01-01) (aged 36) Bonn, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Resting place	Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg
Alma mater	University of Berlin (PhD)
Known for	Hertzian cone Hertz effect Hertzian oscillator Hertz's principle of least curvature Hertz vector Hertzian wave Hertz–Knudsen equation Contact mechanics Dipole antenna Parabolic antenna
Spouse	Elisabeth Doll (m. 1886)
Children	2, including Mathilde
Father	Gustav Ferdinand Hertz
Relatives	Gustav Ludwig Hertz (nephew)
Awards	Matteucci Medal (1888) Rumford Medal (1890)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Kiel (1883–1885) University of Karlsruhe (1885–1889) University of Bonn (1889–1894)
Doctoral advisors	Hermann von Helmholtz Gustav Kirchhoff

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