Daniel Fahrenheit
Physicist

Daniel Fahrenheit Net Worth

Daniel Fahrenheit was a Polish-born engineer and physicist who is best remembered for developing the Fahrenheit temperature scale and inventing the modern mercury thermometer. He was born on May 24, 1686 and worked as a glassblower and chemistry teacher in addition to his scientific pursuits.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day May 24, 1686
Birth Place Poland
Age 333 YEARS OLD
Died On Sep 16, 1736 (age 50)
Birth Sign Gemini

💰 Net worth: $905 million (2024)

About

Best remembered for developing the Fahrenheit temperature scale and for inventing the modern mercury thermometer, this Polish-born Engineer and Physicist also worked as a glassblower and a chemistry Teacher.

Before Fame

After pursuing a commerce career in Amsterdam, he lived in Copenhagen, Leipzig, Berlin, and Dresden before ultimately finding employment as a glassblower in The Hague.

Trivia

He was a contemporary and acquaintance of Mathematician Gottfried Leibniz and Astronomer Ole Romer.

Family Life

Though a native of Danzig, Poland and a member of a family of German heritage, he spent the majority of his life in the Netherlands (then called the Dutch Republic). He was the oldest surviving child of Daniel Fahrenheit and Concordia Schumann (who both died in 1701 after ingesting poisonous mushrooms).

Associated With

His Fahrenheit scale was ultimately displaced in Europe by the Celsius scale (invented by Anders Celsius), but remained the standard of temperature measurement in the United States.

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