Friedrich Kohlrausch
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Friedrich Kohlrausch was a prominent German physicist renowned for his precise measurements of electrical conductivity and his influential work in experimental physics.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Friedrich Kohlrausch canonical | 2 |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch | 1 |
| Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Kohlrausch | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1413560 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Friedrich Kohlrausch Context triple: [University of Würzburg, hasNotableAlumnus, Friedrich Kohlrausch]
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A.
Julius Plücker
Julius Plücker was a 19th-century German mathematician and physicist known for his pioneering work in analytic and projective geometry as well as early contributions to spectroscopy.
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B.
Heinrich von Liebieg
Heinrich von Liebieg was a prominent German industrialist and art patron whose collection and philanthropy significantly supported cultural institutions in Germany.
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C.
Gustav Kirchhoff
Gustav Kirchhoff was a 19th-century German physicist best known for formulating Kirchhoff's circuit laws and making foundational contributions to spectroscopy and thermal radiation.
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D.
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann was a 19th-century Estonian physician, writer, and folklorist who played a key role in the Estonian national awakening and the early development of Estonian literature and mythology.
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E.
Franz Ernst Neumann
Franz Ernst Neumann was a 19th-century German physicist and mathematician known for foundational contributions to mathematical physics and optics, and for mentoring influential scientists such as Gustav Kirchhoff.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Friedrich Kohlrausch Target entity description: Friedrich Kohlrausch was a prominent German physicist renowned for his precise measurements of electrical conductivity and his influential work in experimental physics.
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A.
Julius Plücker
Julius Plücker was a 19th-century German mathematician and physicist known for his pioneering work in analytic and projective geometry as well as early contributions to spectroscopy.
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B.
Heinrich von Liebieg
Heinrich von Liebieg was a prominent German industrialist and art patron whose collection and philanthropy significantly supported cultural institutions in Germany.
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C.
Gustav Kirchhoff
Gustav Kirchhoff was a 19th-century German physicist best known for formulating Kirchhoff's circuit laws and making foundational contributions to spectroscopy and thermal radiation.
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D.
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann was a 19th-century Estonian physician, writer, and folklorist who played a key role in the Estonian national awakening and the early development of Estonian literature and mythology.
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E.
Franz Ernst Neumann
Franz Ernst Neumann was a 19th-century German physicist and mathematician known for foundational contributions to mathematical physics and optics, and for mentoring influential scientists such as Gustav Kirchhoff.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German physicist
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human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Rumford Medal ⓘ |
| birthCountry |
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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surface form:
Kingdom of Hanover
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| birthDate | 1840-10-14 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Rinteln ⓘ |
| citizenship | German Empire ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
precision experimental methods in physics
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standardization of electrical units ⓘ |
| countryOfWork | Germany ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1910-01-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Marburg ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Marburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt
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University of Göttingen NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Marburg NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Würzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
19th-century physics
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early 20th-century physics ⓘ |
| familyName | Kohlrausch ⓘ |
| father | Rudolf Kohlrausch ⓘ |
| field |
experimental physics
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physics ⓘ |
| genre | scientific textbook ⓘ |
| givenName | Friedrich ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
electrochemistry
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metrology ⓘ |
| influenced | development of physical measurement techniques ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Kohlrausch law of independent migration of ions
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high-precision physical measurements ⓘ influential textbook on practical physics ⓘ precise measurements of electrical conductivity ⓘ work on electrolytic conductivity ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name |
Friedrich Kohlrausch
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch
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| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableWork | Lehrbuch der praktischen Physik ⓘ |
| occupation | university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt ⓘ |
| relative |
Friedrich Kohlrausch
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Kohlrausch
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| residence |
Berlin
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Göttingen ⓘ Marburg ⓘ |
| studied |
electrical conductivity of electrolytes
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ionic mobility ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch
this entity surface form:
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Kohlrausch