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Wilhelm Wien — Age & Birthday

Born: 13 January 1864 · Died: 30 August 1928 · Age at death: 64

How old was Wilhelm Wien when he died?

Wilhelm Wien died aged 64. He was born on 13 January 1864 and died on 30 August 1928.

Nobel Prize-winning physicist known for his laws on thermal radiation

Did you know?His research into black-body radiation laid the essential groundwork for the development of quantum mechanics by Max Planck.

Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien (German:; 13 January 1864 – 30 August 1928) was a German physicist who used theories about heat and electromagnetism to deduce Wien's displacement law, which calculates the emission of a blackbody at any temperature from the emission at any one reference temperature.

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Age at death: 64
Years since death: 98

Born: January 13, 1864 · Parusnoye, Russia
Died: August 30, 1928
Nationality: German
Known for: Science

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Spouse: Luise Mehler
Child: Karl Wien

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