Emil Lenz

Emil Lenz
Born
Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz

(1804-02-24)24 February 1804
Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died10 February 1865(1865-02-10) (aged 60)
Rome, Papal States
Alma materImperial University of Dorpat
Known forFormulating Lenz's law (1834)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsSaint Petersburg Imperial University (1840–1865)

Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz (German: [ˈeːmɪl ˈlɛnts]; also Emil Khristianovich Lenz; Russian: Эми́лий Христиа́нович Ленц; 24 February [O.S. 12 February] 1804 – 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1865), usually cited as Emil Lenz or Heinrich Lenz in some countries, was a Russian physicist of Baltic German descent who is most noted for formulating Lenz's law in electrodynamics in 1834.

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