Georg Wilhelm Richmann

Georg Wilhelm Richmann was a Russian physicist of Baltic German origin who did pioneering work on electricity, atmospheric electricity, and calorimetry. He died by electrocution in St. Petersburg when struck by apparent lightning produced by an experiment attempting to ground the electrical discharge from a storm.

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Who was born first?

• Georg Wilhelm Richmann and Mikhail Lomonosov were born the same year
• Georg Wilhelm Richmann was born 2 years after Jacques de Vaucanson
• Georg Wilhelm Richmann was born 4 years after Leonhard Euler
• Georg Wilhelm Richmann was born 5 years after John Dollond
• Georg Wilhelm Richmann was born 7 years after John Kay

Timeline

1. John KayJuly 16, 1704 – circa 1779
2. John DollondJune 10, 1706 – November 1761
3. Leonhard EulerApril 15, 1707 – September 18, 1783
4. Jacques de VaucansonFebruary 24, 1709 – November 21, 1782
5. Georg Wilhelm Richmann (this page)July 11, 1711 – July 26, 1753
6. Mikhail LomonosovNovember 8, 1711 – April 4, 1765

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