Hermann von Helmholtz
1821–94
German physiologist and physicist. Professor of anatomy and physiology at Bonn from 1855, and at Heidelberg from 1858. A close friend of William Thomson from 1853. Appointed professor of physics, Berlin, 1871. Foreign member, Royal Society of London, 1860. Copley Medal, 1873.
Sources
DSB
Record of the Royal Society of London.
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
Record of the Royal Society of London: The record of the Royal Society of London for the promotion of natural knowledge. 4th edition. London: Royal Society. 1940.
letter
