Johan Wilcke

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Johan Wilcke

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Johan Wilcke's Degrees

• Bachelors Physics Uppsala University
• PhD Physics Uppsala University

Why Is Johan Wilcke Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Johan Carl Wilcke was a Swedish physicist. Biography Wilcke was born in Wismar, son of a clergyman who in 1739 was appointed second pastor of the German Church in Stockholm. He went to the German school in Stockholm and enrolled at the University of Uppsala in 1749. He spent the years from 1751 travelling abroad and received the magister degree from the University of Rostock in 1757, after having published the dissertation De electricitatibus contrariis. In 1759 he became the first "Thamian lecturer" of experimental physics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, a position created through a donation from the wealthy merchant Sebastian Tham, and a member of the academy. He became a titular professor in 1770, and permanent secretary of the Academy of Sciences in 1784. He died in Stockholm in 1796.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Johan Wilcke?

Johan Wilcke is affiliated with the following schools:

• Stockholm University
• Uppsala University
• University of Rostock