Heinrich Gustav Magnus

Gustav Magnus
Heinrich Gustav Magnus
Born(1802-05-02)2 May 1802
Berlin, Brandenburg, HRE
Died4 April 1870(1870-04-04) (aged 67)
Berlin, Germany
Alma materBerlin University
University of Stockholm
Sorbonne
Known forAugust–Roche–Magnus formula
Magnus effect
Magnus' green salt
Diathermancy
Isethionic acid
Periodic acid
AwardsForMemRS (1863)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry and physics
InstitutionsBerlin University
ThesisDe tellurio (1827)
Doctoral advisorEilhard Mitscherlich
Doctoral studentsHermann Knoblauch
August Kundt
Emil Warburg
Gustav Wiedemann
Other notable studentsWilhelm von Beetz

Rudolf Clausius
Eduard Hagenbach-Bischoff
Wilhelm Heinrich Heintz
Hermann Helmholtz
Gustav Karsten
Alexander Mitscherlich
Arthur von Oettingen
Georg Hermann Quincke
Edward Schunck

Adolf Wüllner

Heinrich Gustav Magnus (German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈɡʊsta(ː)f ˈma(ː)ɡnʊs];[1][2] 2 May 1802 – 4 April 1870) was a German experimental scientist. His training was mostly in chemistry but his later research was mostly in physics. He spent the great bulk of his career at the University of Berlin, where he is remembered for his laboratory teaching as much as for his original research. He did not use his first given name, and was known throughout his life as Gustav Magnus.

  1. ^ Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. pp. 422, 573. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
  2. ^ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 560, 575, 717. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.

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