Wilhelm Eduard Weber

Wilhelm Eduard Weber (/ˈveɪbər/;[1] German: [ˈveːbɐ]; 24 October 1804 – 23 June 1891) was a German physicist and, together with Carl Friedrich Gauss, inventor of the first electromagnetic telegraph.

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Wilhelm Weber
Born	Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804-10-24)24 October 1804 Wittenberg, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Died	23 June 1891(1891-06-23) (aged 86) Göttingen, Hanover, Prussia
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Halle University of Göttingen
Known for	First use of c for speed of light Work on magnetism Electrodynamometer Telegraphy
Awards	Copley Medal (1859) Matteucci Medal (1879)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Göttingen University of Halle University of Leipzig
Doctoral advisor	Johann Salomo Christoph Schweigger
Doctoral students	Ernst Abbe Friedrich Kohlrausch Eduard Riecke
Other notable students	Gottlob Frege Arthur Schuster
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Notes
The SI unit of magnetic flux is named after him. He was the brother of Ernst Heinrich Weber and Eduard Friedrich Weber. His father was Michael Weber.

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