Poggendorff, Johann Christian

Japanese: ポッゲンドルフ（英語表記）Poggendorff， Johann Christian

Born: December 29, 1796 in Hamburg
Died January 24, 1877. Berlin. German physicist and historian of science. Born into a wealthy family, his father's generation fell into poverty. At the age of 15, he became an apprentice to a pharmacist. He went to Berlin to study science and began experimental research (1820). His achievements, including the invention and improvement of the galvanometer, were recognized, and he was employed in the meteorological observation section of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (23). He was an extracurricular professor at the University of Berlin (34). He was a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences (39). He excelled in experimental research into electric current phenomena, and is known for his inventions such as the galvanometer and the slide resistor, but what made him particularly famous was his great influence on the scientific community as editor of the Annalen der Physik und Chemie (Annals of Physics and Chemistry) for half a century, starting in 1824. His main work is Biographisch-Literarische Handwörterbuch zur Geschichte der exakten Wissenschaften (63).

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Japanese:

[生]1796.12.29. ハンブルク
[没]1877.1.24. ベルリン
ドイツの物理学者，科学史家。資産家の家に生れたが，父の代で没落。 15歳で薬剤師の徒弟となる。ベルリンに出て科学を勉強し，実験研究を始める (1820) 。検流器の発明，改良などの業績が認められ，ベルリン科学アカデミー気象観測係に採用される (23) 。ベルリン大学講座外教授 (34) 。プロシア科学アカデミー会員 (39) 。電流現象の実験的研究にすぐれ，銀電量計，すべり抵抗器の発明などが知られているが，とりわけ彼の名を著名にしたのは 1824年以来半世紀にわたる『物理学・化学年報』 Annalen der Physik und Chemieの編集者として科学界に大きな影響を与えたことである。主著『精密科学史の伝記・文献集成』 Biographisch-Literarische Handwörterbuch zur Geschichte der exakten Wissenschaften (63) 。

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