Johann Schweigger
German chemist, physicist, and professor
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Johann Salomo Christoph Schweigger was a German chemist, physicist, and professor of mathematics born in Erlangen. J.S.C.Schweigger was the son of Friedrich Christian Lorenz Schweigger, professor of theologie in Erlangen . He studied philosophy in Erlangen. His PhD involved the Homeric Question revived at that time by Friedrich August Wolf. Johann Tobias Mayer, Georg Friedrich Hildebrandt and Karl Christian von Langsdorf convinced him to switch to physics and chemistry and he lectured on this subjects in Erlangen until 1803 before taking a position as schoolteacher in Bayreuth and in 1811 in Nuremberg. During 1816-1819 he was appointed professor of philosophy in Erlangen teaching physics and chemistry. 1816 he was elected member of the Leopoldina. 1819 he moved on to the university of Halle.
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- Journal für Chemie und Physik. (5)
- Ueber Platina. Altes und Neues (1)
- Versuche mit einem Electromotor eigenthümlicher Art, welche gegen die Theorie Volta's zu streiten scheinen (0)
- Über medicinische Missionsanstalten (0)
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