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Charles Wheatstone
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British scientist and inventor (1802–1875)
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Charles Wheatstone was a male English mathematician, physicist, inventor, and cryptographer born in Gloucester in 1802. He worked as a professor at King's College London and resided in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. His professional field was physics, and he communicated in the English language.
Wheatstone was a member of the Royal Society, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences. He received the Copley Medal, the Royal Medal, the Albert Medal, and the title of Fellow of the Royal Society. He died in Paris in 1875 and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery. He was related to Oliver Heaviside.
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- England
- Active from
- 1802
- Active to
- 1875
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1802-02-06 ) 6 February 1802, Barnwood , Gloucester , England
- Died
- 19 October 1875 (1875-10-19) (aged 73), Paris , French Third Republic
- Known for
- Wheatstone bridge Wheatstone system Wheatstone–Playfair cipher Wheatstone ABC telegraph Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph Kaleidophone Potentiometer Pseudoscope Stereoscope
- Awards
- Royal Medal (1840, 1843) Albert Medal (1867) Copley Medal (1868)
- Fields
- Physics
- Institutions
- King's College London
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Gloucester
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- photographer
- Employer
- King's College London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- Wheatstone Charles drawing 1868.jpg
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- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
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- Charles Wheatstone
- date of birth
- 1802-02-06
- date of death
- 1875-10-19
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- Charles Wheatstone
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Sir Charles Wheatstone
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- WikiProject Mathematics
- place of burial
- Kensal Green Cemetery
- relative
- Oliver Heaviside
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Charles Wheatstone (/ˈwiːtstən/; 6 February 1802 – 19 October 1875) was an English physicist and inventor best known for his contributions to the development of the Wheatstone bridge, originally invented by Samuel Hunter Christie, which is used to measure an unknown electrical resistance, and as a major figure in the development of telegraphy. His other contributions include the English concertina, the stereoscope (a device for displaying three-dimensional images) and the Playfair cipher (an encryption technique).
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