Związki Walthera Nernsta z Grudziądzem

• Authors: Sieradzan Wiesław

Title variants

EN

Walther Nernst’s links with Grudziądz

DE

Walther Nernsts Verbindungen zu Grudziądz (Graudenz)

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Despite the wide interest in the person of Walther Nernst, it is difficult to say that his biography is fully developed. Leaving aside issues related to his university studies and scientific career, it is worth mentioning above all the hitherto undeveloped topic of the Nobel Prize winner’s links with Grudządz. It is generally believed that the scholar had a strong connection with Wąbrzeźno, where he was born on June 25th, 1864. Meanwhile, the much longer Grudziadz period in the biography of W. Nernst was not actually given much attention. The Author established when the Nobel Prize winner’s family settled in Grudziądz and where they lived in the town (16 Schuhmacherstraße, 25/26 Getreidemarkt). Furthermore, he reconstructed the subsequent stages of education of Nernst, culminating in the baccalaureate at the Royal Protestant Secondary School in Sienkiewicza Street (Börgenstrasse) in 1882. Attention was also drawn to the influence of the teaching staff on Walther’s scientific interests and to the frequent visits that Walther Nernst made to the Nerger family in Pokrzywno, especially during holidays. This is where, in the summer of 1891, he received the news that he had been appointed professor of physical chemistry at the University of Göttingen, where, in December 1894, at the age of just 30, he was made a full professor.

• Publisher: Muzeum w Grudziądzu
• Journal: Rocznik Grudziądzki
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 30
• Pages: 111-123

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Sieradzan Wiesław