Heinrich hertz contribution
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Heinrich hertz discovery.
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Hamburg, Germany
Bonn, Germany
Biography
Heinrich Hertz's parents were Gustav Ferdinand Hertz and Anna Elisabeth Pfefferkorn.Gustav Hertz was a Jew who converted to become a Lutheran. Anna, the daughter of a Frankfurt doctor, came from a Lutheran family, so Heinrich was brought up as a Lutheran.
Heinrich hertz experimentHe was the oldest of his parents' five children, having three younger brothers and one younger sister. Gustav was a barrister in Hamburg, later moving to Oberlandsgerichtsrat, and finally in becoming a Senator. Let us note that one of Heinrich's brothers was named Gustav Hertz and he had a son, also named Gustav Hertz who also has a biography in this archive.
Heinrich's formal education began at the age of six when he was enrolled in a private school run by Richard Lange [1]:-
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