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Hermann von Helmholtz

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q28003&amp;oldid=2556651053" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Copley Medal · dated 1873
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q11382&amp;oldid=2553805733" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">conservation of energy
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q152171&amp;oldid=2564543397" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of Bonn · from 1855 · to 1858
Public office: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q140686&amp;oldid=2564268089" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">chairperson · from 1878 · to 1894
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1603232&amp;oldid=2555621706" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Gymnasium · to 1837
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1994574&amp;oldid=2555773082" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Faraday Lectureship Prize · dated 1881

Wikidata describes Hermann von Helmholtz as German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894).

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