PHYSICIST

Hermann von Helmholtz

1821 - 1894

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Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (; German: [ˈhɛʁ.man vɔn ˈhɛlmˌhɔlts]; 31 August 1821 – 8 September 1894; "von" since 1883) was a German physicist and physician who made significant contributions in several scientific fields, particularly hydrodynamic stability. The Helmholtz Association, the largest German association of research institutions, was named in his honour. In the fields of physiology and psychology, Helmholtz is known for his mathematics concerning the eye, theories of vision, ideas on the visual perception of space, colour vision research, the sensation of tone, perceptions of sound, and empiricism in the physiology of perception. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann von Helmholtz has received more than 1,161,945 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Hermann von Helmholtz is the 59th most popular physicist (down from 49th in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from Germany (down from 168th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Physicist.

Hermann von Helmholtz is most famous for being the first person to measure the speed of nerve impulses.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Hermann von Helmholtz ranks 59 out of 851. Before him are Wilhelm Wien, Ernst Mach, Gabriel Lippmann, Thomas Young, Charles Édouard Guillaume, and Ludwig Boltzmann. After him are Robert Andrews Millikan, Maria Goeppert Mayer, Otto Stern, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, J. Hans D. Jensen, and Eugene Wigner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Hermann von Helmholtz ranks 4. Before him are Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles Baudelaire, and Gustave Flaubert. After him are Rudolf Virchow, August Schleicher, Lola Montez, Elizabeth Blackwell, Auguste Mariette, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, Louis Vuitton, and Richard Francis Burton. Among people deceased in 1894, Hermann von Helmholtz ranks 4. Before him are Alexander III of Russia, Heinrich Hertz, and Robert Louis Stevenson. After him are Ferdinand de Lesseps, Adolphe Sax, Lajos Kossuth, Gustave Caillebotte, Marie François Sadi Carnot, Anton Rubinstein, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, and Prince Philippe, Count of Paris.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann von Helmholtz ranks 197 out of 7,253. Before him are Emil Fischer (1852), Oswald Spengler (1880), Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282), Jacob Grimm (1785), Eduard Buchner (1860), and Gottlob Frege (1848). After him are Max Ernst (1891), Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882), Nico (1938), Conrad III of Germany (1093), and Jupp Heynckes (1945).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Hermann von Helmholtz ranks 9. Before him are Max Planck (1858), Werner Heisenberg (1901), Georg Ohm (1789), Heinrich Hertz (1857), Max Born (1882), and Max von Laue (1879). After him are J. Hans D. Jensen (1907), Johannes Stark (1874), Otto von Guericke (1602), Carl Zeiss (1816), Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804), and Ernst Ruska (1906).

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