Gustav Kirchhoff
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Gustav Kirchhoff Net Worth

Gustav Robert Kirchhoff was a German physicist who made significant contributions to the fields of thermochemistry and electrochemistry. His laws of thermochemistry, circuit theory, and thermal emission are still widely used today and his findings helped to increase the fundamental understanding of black-body radiation, electrical circuits, and spectroscopy. Despite numerous challenges he faced in his lifetime, including his disability, he was persistent in his research and continued to explore various expanses of science. His life showed that with intellect and dedication, great scientific achievements can be made and his discoveries are essential to the understanding of modern theoretical physics. He is a symbol of excellence for every aspiring scientist and his life’s work could be described as a phenomenal tribute to science.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Physicist
Birth Day March 12, 1824
Birth Place Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia, German
Age 195 YEARS OLD
Died On 17 October 1887(1887-10-17) (aged 63)\nBerlin, Province of Brandenburg in the Kingdom of Prussia, a part of the German Empire\n(present-day Germany)
Birth Sign Aries
Residence Prussia/German Empire
Alma mater University of Königsberg
Known for Kirchhoff's circuit laws Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation Kirchhoff's laws of spectroscopy Kirchhoff's law of thermochemistry
Awards Rumford medal (1862) Davy Medal (1877) Matteucci Medal (1877) Janssen Medal (1887)
Fields Physics Chemistry
Institutions University of Berlin University of Breslau University of Heidelberg
Doctoral advisor Franz Ernst Neumann
Notable students Loránd Eötvös Edward Nichols Gabriel Lippmann Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev Max Planck Jules Piccard Max Noether Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Ernst Schröder

💰 Net worth

Gustav Kirchhoff, a renowned German physicist, is estimated to have a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million in the year 2024. Kirchhoff's contributions to the field of physics are remarkable, particularly in the areas of circuitry, thermodynamics, and spectroscopy. He is widely recognized for formulating the Kirchhoff's laws, which are fundamental principles in electrical engineering. Despite living in the 19th century, his work and theories have left a lasting impact on modern physics. Kirchhoff's significant contributions to the scientific community have undoubtedly played a role in accumulating his estimated net worth.

Biography/Timeline

1845

Kirchhoff formulated his circuit laws, which are now ubiquitous in electrical engineering, in 1845, while still a student. He completed this study as a seminar exercise; it later became his doctoral dissertation. In 1857 he calculated that an electric signal in a resistanceless wire travels along the wire at the speed of light. He proposed his law of thermal radiation in 1859, and gave a proof in 1861. He was called to the University of Heidelberg in 1854, where he collaborated in spectroscopic work with Robert Bunsen. Together Kirchhoff and Bunsen discovered caesium and rubidium in 1861. At Heidelberg he ran a mathematico-physical seminar, modelled on Neumann's, with the Mathematician Leo Koenigsberger. Among those who attended this seminar were Arthur Schuster and Sofia Kovalevskaya. In 1875 Kirchhoff accepted the first chair specifically dedicated to theoretical physics at Berlin.

1847

Gustav Kirchhoff was born in Königsberg, Prussia, the son of Friedrich Kirchhoff, a Lawyer, and Johanna Henriette Wittke. His family were Lutherans in the Evangelical Church of Prussia. He graduated from the Albertus University of Königsberg in 1847 where he attended the mathematico-physical seminar directed by Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Franz Ernst Neumann and Friedrich Julius Richelot. In the same year, he moved to Berlin, where he stayed until he received a professorship at Breslau. Later, in 1857, He married Clara Richelot, the daughter of his mathematics professor Richelot. The couple had five children. Clara died in 1869. He married Luise Brömmel in 1872.

1858

Kirchhoff showed in 1858 that, in thermochemistry, the variation of the heat of a chemical reaction is given by the difference in heat capacity between products and reactants: dΔH / dT = ΔCp. Integration of this equation permits the evaluation of the heat of reaction at one temperature from measurements at another temperature.

1862

In 1862 he was awarded the Rumford Medal for his researches on the fixed lines of the solar spectrum, and on the inversion of the bright lines in the spectra of artificial light.

1884

In 1884 he became foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

1887

Kirchhoff died in 1887, and was buried in the St Matthäus Kirchhof Cemetery in Schöneberg, Berlin (just a few meters from the graves of the Brothers Grimm). Leopold Kronecker is buried in the same cemetery.

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