Wilhelm Hallwachs

Wilhelm Hallwachs
Born
Wilhelm Ludwig Franz Hallwachs

(1859-07-09)9 July 1859
Died20 June 1922(1922-06-20) (aged 62)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Strasbourg
University of Berlin
Known forPhotoelectric effect
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Electronic Engineering
InstitutionsUniversity of Würzburg
University of Leipzig
Dresden University of Technology
Doctoral advisorAugust Kundt

Wilhelm Ludwig Franz Hallwachs (9 July 1859 – 20 June 1922) was a German physicist. He is knownn for the discovery of the photoelectric effect in collaboration with Heinrich Hertz.