Eilhard Wiedemann

Eilhard Ernst Gustav Wiedemann ( born August 1, 1852 in Berlin, † January 7, 1928 in Erlangen, Germany ) was a German physicist.

Wiedemann was a lecturer since 1876 in Leipzig, 1878, associate professor in Leipzig and in 1886 professor of physics at the University of Erlangen, after he had previously been a professor in Darmstadt in 1886. Since 1877, he edited a long time together with his father, Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann the supplementary sheets the annals of physics and chemistry.

Eilhard Wiedemann had wide interests, he also worked on topics from the history of science, especially the Arabs.

His legacy is preserved in the Deutsches Museum in Munich.

Writings

• Essays on the Arab History of Science, 2 volumes, Hildesheim 1970
• Collected writings on Arab-Islamic History of Science, Frankfurt am Main 1986