Hertz heinrich biography

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Born

22 February 1857
Hamburg, Germany

Died

1 January 1894
Bonn, Germany

Summary

Heinrich Hertz was a German physicist and mathematician best known for his discovery of what became known as wireless waves.

Biography

Heinrich Hertz's parents were Gustav Ferdinand Hertz and Anna Elisabeth Pfefferkorn.

Gustav Hertz was a Jew who converted to become a Lutheran.

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Anna, the daughter of a Frankfurt doctor, came from a Lutheran family, so Heinrich was brought up as a Lutheran. He was the oldest of his parents' five children, having three younger brothers and one younger sister. Gustav was a barrister in Hamburg, later moving to Oberlandsgerichtsrat, and finally in 1887 becoming a Senator.

Let us note that one of Heinrich's brothers was named Gustav Hertz and he had a son, also named Gustav Hertz who also has a biography in this archive.

Heinrich's formal education began at the age of six when he was enrolled in a private school run by Richard Lange [1]: