What is Johann Wilhelm Hittorf?
{{Infobox Scientist |name = Johann Wilhelm Hittorf |box_width = |image = Hittorf portrait from Festschrift 1904.jpg |caption = Johann Wilhelm Hittorf |birth_date = March 27, 1824 |birth_place = [[Bonn]] |death_date = November 28, 1914 |death_place = [[Münster]], [[Germany]] |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = German |ethnicity = |field = [[Physics]] |work_institutions = |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |prizes = |religion = |footnotes = |signature = }} '''Johann Wilhelm Hittorf''' (March 27, 1824 – November 28, 1914) was a [[Germans|German]] [[physicist]] who was born in [[Bonn]] and died in [[Münster]], Germany. He was the first to compute the electric [[wikt:capacity|capacity]] of charged [[atom]]s and [[molecule]]s ([[ion]]s). {{bio-stub}}https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-for-the-history-of-science/article/abs/johann-wilhelm-hittorf-and-the-material-culture-of-nineteenthcentury-gas-discharge-research/82D6CB70E783CFF7A993DAFE8219F1F2<ref>{{Cite web|title=Johann Wilhelm Hittorf {{!}} Cathode Rays, Electron Theory, Atomic Structure {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johann-Wilhelm-Hittorf|access-date=2025-03-02|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref>{{DEFAULTSORT:Hittorf, Johann Wilhelm}} [[Category:1914 deaths]] [[Category:1824 births]] [[Category:German physicists]] [[Category:Scientists from Bonn]] <references />