Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand (Helmholtz) von Helmholtz (1821 - 1894)

Born 31 Aug 1821 in Potsdam, Königreich Preußen, Deutscher Bund

Husband of Olga (von Velten) Helmholtz — married 1849 in Dahlem, Brandenburg, Preußen, Deutscher Bund

Descendants

Died 8 Sep 1894 at age 73 in Charlottenburg, Königreich Preußen, Deutsches Reich

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Biography

Hermann (Helmholtz) von Helmholtz is Notable.

Hermann von Helmholtz was a physician and a renowned scientist in the fields of physics and physiology. Among other breakthroughs he was instrumental in establishing the Young-Helmholtz theory of trichromatic color vision. In physics he is responsible for the partial differential equation Δφ+k²φ=0, also known as Helmholtz equation.^[1] The largest German association of research institutions, the Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren, is named after him.^[2]

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand was born in 1821 in Potsdam. He was the son of August Ferdinand Julius Helmholtz and Caroline, née Penne. Hermann married Olga Leopoldine von Velten on 14 Aug 1849 in Berlin.^[3] (Alternate marriage date: 26 Aug 1849 in Dahlem near Berlin.^[4]) They had the following children:

• Catharina Caroline Julie Bethie (born 22 Jun 1850),^[5][6]
• Richard Wilhelm Ferdinand (born 28 Sep 1852).^{[7][8][9][10]}

After Olga's death in 1859,^[11] Hermann married Anna von Mohl, 16 May 1861 in Heidelberg.^[12][13][14] They had the following children:

• Robert Julius (born 3 Mar 1862),
• Ellen Ida Elisabetha (born 24 Apr 1864),
• Friedrich Julius (born 15 Oct 1868).

The German Emperor Wilhelm I awarded Helmholtz on January 27, 1883 hereditary Prussian nobility by letter patent.^[15] Hermann von Helmholtz died in 1894 in Charlottenburg.^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ Gerlach, Walther. Helmholtz, Hermann von. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie 8 (1969), S. 498-501 (Online-Version)
2. ↑ Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
3. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPV6-JMQ5 : 26 October 2021), Herrmann Ludwig Ferdinand Helmholz, 14 Aug 1849; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Marriage, Berlin, Brandenburg, Deutschland, Berlin, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
4. ↑ Hermann von Helmholtz, Leo Koenigsberger, Clarendon Press, 1906, chap. VI, p. 61
5. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPR2-MXXW : 27 October 2021), Catharina Caroline Julie Bethie Helmholtz, 26 Aug 1850; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Kneiphof, Königsberg, Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Preußen, Deutschland, Kneiphof u Königsberg, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
6. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPVJ-44F8 : 26 October 2021), Catharina Caroline Julie Bethie Helmholtz, 26 Aug 1850; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Kneiphof, Königsberg, Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Preußen, Deutschland, Kaliningrad, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
7. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPVN-RSSW : 26 October 2021), Richard Wilhelm Ferdinand Helmholtz, 28 Jan 1853; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Kneiphof, Königsberg, Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Preußen, Deutschland, Kaliningrad, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
8. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPVN-PCJ1 : 24 October 2021), Richard Wilhelm Ferdinand Helmholtz, 28 Jan 1853; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Königsberg, Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Preußen, Deutschland, Kaliningrad, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
9. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPVJ-V3CR : 24 October 2021), Richard Wilhelm Ferdinand Helmholtz, 28 Jan 1853; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Königsberg, Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Preußen, Deutschland, Kaliningrad, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
10. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPRK-NZ9D : 27 October 2021), Richard Wilhelm Ferdinand Helmholtz, 28 Jan 1853; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Kneiphof, Königsberg, Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Preußen, Deutschland, Kneiphof u Königsberg, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
11. ↑ Hermann von Helmholtz, Leo Koenigsberger, Clarendon Press, 1906, chap. VIII, p. 185
12. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPD7-3SGX : 27 October 2021), Herrmann Ludwig Ferdinand Helmholtz, 16 May 1861; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Marriage, Heidelberg, Baden, Deutschland, Heidelberg, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
13. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP6F-PFLX : 26 October 2021), Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Helmholtz, 16 May 1861; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Marriage, Heidelberg, Baden, Deutschland, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
14. ↑ Hermann von Helmholtz, Leo Koenigsberger, Clarendon Press, 1906, chap. VIII, p. 200
15. ↑ Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz: I. HA Rep. 176 VI H Nr. 144, Bl. 15-16v (Königliches Herolds-Amt. Berlin, 27. Januar 1883, Adels-Brief) in Zum Tod des Physiologen und Physikers Hermann von Helmholtz, Franz Werner, Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, 2010, p. 2
16. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #113654787

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q60024
• English Wikipedia article on Hermann von Helmholtz
• German Wikipedia article on Hermann von Helmholtz
• https://geneee.org/hermann/von+helmholtz?lang=en
• 'Michael Faraday - a Sandemanian and Scientist' by Geoffrey Cantor