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Carl Barus

American physicist (1856-1935)
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Carl Barus
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Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
February 19, 1856
Date of death
September 20, 1935
Place of birth
Cincinnati
Place of death
Providence
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
physicist
Field of work
physicist, physics[7][8]
Educated at
University of Würzburg[9]
Award received
Rumford Prize[11]
Doctoral advisor
Friedrich Kohlrausch[10]
Work location
Würzburg[20]
Nominated for
Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Physics[22]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English, German[23][24]
Archives at
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College[17]
Described by source
Barus, Carl[21]
Family name
Barus[18]
Given name
Carl[19]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[26]
Member of
National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Würzburger Burschenschaft Arminia[12][13][14][15]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Smithsonian Names[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Carl Barus ar كارل باروس cs C. Barus fa کارل باروس ja カール・バルス uk Карл Барус
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ISNI
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Library of Congress Authorities ID
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GND ID
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BHL creator ID
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BIBSYS ID
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CANTIC ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
117566926
FAST ID
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Freebase ID
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IdRef ID
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J9U entity ID
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Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
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Libraries Australia ID
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Museum-digital person/organization ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NSK (VIAF) ID
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NSK ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Academy of Sciences member ID
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National Library of Ireland ID
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National Library of Israel ID (old)
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Nobel Prize People Nomination ID
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Open Library ID
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Prabook ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
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SBN author ID
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
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SNAC ARK ID
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Topic's main category
Category:Carl Barus
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058527984706706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1259759
Wellcome Collection concept ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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ZbMATH author ID
barus.carl

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Member of 3
National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society
Field of work 2
physics, physicist
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, German
Nominated for 2
Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Physics
Award received 1
Rumford Prize
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral advisor 1
Friedrich Kohlrausch
Doctoral advisors 1
Friedrich Kohlrausch
Educated at 1
University of Würzburg
Given name 1
Carl
Instance of 1
human
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Occupation 1
physicist
Place of birth 1
Cincinnati
Place of death 1
Providence
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
Würzburg
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Summary

Carl Barus was born on February 19, 1856[1], in Cincinnati[2]. He died on September 20, 1935[3], in Providence[4]. He worked as a physicist[5].

FAQs

Where was Carl Barus born?

Carl Barus was born in Cincinnati[2].

Where did Carl Barus die?

Carl Barus passed away in Providence[4].

What did Carl Barus do for work?

Carl Barus worked as a physicist[5].

Where did Carl Barus go to school?

Carl Barus was educated at University of Würzburg[9].

What awards did Carl Barus receive?

Honors received include Rumford Prize[11].

Related Entities

Friedrich Kohlrausch physics United States Würzburg

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . amacad.org. amacad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu. archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . nobelprize.org. wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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