About Christian Ludwig
Lived 1749 – 1784 (aged 34). Christian Ludwig was a German physician, university teacher, translator and physicist.
Christian Ludwig (17 May 1749, in Leipzig – 25 February 1784, in Leipzig) was a German physician and physicist. He was the son of botanist Christian Gottlieb Ludwig.
Life In 1772, he obtained his philosophy degree (magister), then received his medical doctorate in 1774. Following a study trip through Germany, France and England, he returned to Leipzig as a lecturer of physics. He died in Leipzig on 25 February 1784, age 34.
Publications He published German translations of Joseph Priestley's experiments and observations on the different kinds of air, "Versuche und Beobachtungen über verschiedene Gattungen der Luft" and of John Elliot's physiological observations involving the senses, "Physiologische Beobachtungen über die Sinne".
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German physician (1749-1784)
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Christian Ludwig was born on 17 May 1749 in Leipzig.
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Christian Ludwig died on 3 February 1784.
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Christian Ludwig was a physician, university teacher, translator and physicist.
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Christian Ludwig was German.
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· DBpedia: Christian Ludwig (physicist)
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