Lenz E.H., (1804-1865), physicist

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LENZ Emily Hristianovich (1804-1865), physicist, electrical engineer, Member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1828). Studied at the University of Derpt from 1820 to 1823. In 1823-25, was a part of O.E. Kotzebue's circumnavigation. Lenz settled in St. Petersburg in 1828. In 1836, he took a professorship at the University of St. Petersburg, of which he was promoted President in 1863. In 1864, he left to Rome for medical treatment. His main works dwell on electromagnetism, geophysics and oceanography. Lenz made a number of discoveries and inventions.

References: Ржонсницкий Б. Н., Розен Б. Я. Э. Х. Ленц. М., 1987.

O. N. Ansberg. Kotzebue August Friedrich Ferdinand
Lenz Emily Hristianovich
Ржонсницкий Б. Н., Розен Б.Я. Э. Х. Ленц. М., 1987 Russian Academy of Sciences
State University, St. Petersburg