Leonhard Weber (physicist)

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Joachim Leonhard Weber (born April 30, 1848 in Rostock , † April 24, 1919 in Kiel ) was a German physicist .

Life

Weber studied physics at the universities of Leipzig, Rostock and Kiel. During his studies in Heidelberg in 1870 he became a member of the Frankonia Heidelberg fraternity . From 1875 to 1876 he worked at the Thomas School in Leipzig . From 1876 he was assistant to Gustav Karsten in Kiel. He received his doctorate in 1877 and qualified as a professor in 1878. He was a full professor of theoretical physics at the University of Breslau and the University of Kiel . He was also director of the Physics Institute in Kiel. He first succeeded in breaking up the lightning bolt into individual discharges.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Photographic Society in Vienna: Photographic Correspondence: Journal for Scientific and Applied Photography and the Entire Reproduction Technology, Volume 56, Page 323, 1919
  2. ↑ See also the matriculations of Leonhard Weber in the Rostock matriculation portal
  3. ^ Directory of members of the Frankonia fraternity in Heidelberg. 1956-1966. Heidelberg 1966, p. 14.
  4. ↑ Richard Sachse, Karl Ramshorn, Reinhart Herz: The teachers of the Thomasschule in Leipzig 1832-1912. The high school graduates of the Thomas School in Leipzig 1845–1912 . BG Teubner Verlag, Leipzig 1912, p. 14 f.
personal data
SURNAME Weber, Leonhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weber, Joachim Leonhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Rostock
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 1919
Place of death Kiel