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Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann

1826 - 1899

Born

02 October 1826

Berlin, Germany, Europe

Died

23 March 1899

Leipzig, Germany, Europe

Nationality
German
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
31/01/1884
Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
58
Occupation
Physicist
Relationships
Parents: Son of a Berlin merchant who died two years after Gustav Heinrich's birth. His mother died in 1842, after which he lived with his grandparents. Spouse: (1851) Clara, daughter of Eilhard Mitscherlich (For Mem RS 1828). Children: Eilhard Ernst Gustav Wiedemann (physicist) and Alfred Wiedeman (Egyptologist).