Georg Wilhelm Richmann
German physicist
Died when: 42 years 15 days (504 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Georg Wilhelm Richmann (Russian: ????? ????????? ??????) (22 July 1711 – 6 August 1753), (Old Style: 11 July 1711 – 26 July 1753) was a Russian Imperial physicist of Baltic German descent. Richmann did pioneering work on electricity, atmospheric electricity, and calorimetry.
He died by electrocution in St. Petersburg when struck by apparent ball lightning produced by an experiment attempting to ground the electrical discharge from a storm.
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