Georg Wilhelm Muncke, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Georg Wilhelm Muncke

German physicist

Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1772

Date of Death: 17-Oct-1847

Profession: physicist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Georg Wilhelm Muncke or Georg Wilhelm Munke (28 November 1772, in Hilligsfeld – 17 October 1847, in Großkmehlen) was a German physicist. From 1797 to 1810 he worked as an administrator at the Georgianum in Hanover.
In 1810 he became a professor at the University of Marburg, where he gave lectures in mathematics and experimental physics.
From 1817 up until his death in 1847 he was a professor of physics at the University of Heidelberg.
In 1826 he became an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.