Johann Jakob Müller

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birth_date = 4 March, 1846
birth_place = Seen, Winterthur, Switzerland
death_date = 14 January, 1875
death_place = Zurich, Switzerland
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fields = Physiologist and physicist
workplaces = University of Zurich
alma_mater = University of Zurich
doctoral_advisor = Adolf Fick
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doctoral_students = Alfred Kleiner
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Johann Jakob Müller (1846-1875) was a notable physiologist and physicist.

Education

In 1868, he obtained his "Dr. med." degree from the University of Zurich, under Adolf Fick with a thesis entitled: "Untersuchungen über den Drehpunkt des menschlichen Auges." As part of these studies he variously studied in the University of Zurich, University of Leipzig, and University of Heidelberg.

Career

In Leipzig, 1870, he became a dozent (lecturer) in physiology. In 1871 he became a professor in physics at the polytechnic institute in Zurich.

References

* J. C. Poggendorff, "Biographisch-Literarisches Handwörterbuch der exakten Naturwissenschaften", Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig, Vol. 3 (1898) p. 945.

See also

* Alfred Kleiner

Notes

External links

* [http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:22288 The Müller archive]
* [http://www.ethistory.ethz.ch/materialien/professoren/listen/alle_profs List of ETHZ professors containing Müller]
* [http://www.genealogy.ams.org/id.php?id=127315 Müller's math genealogy]