# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/georg-wilhelm-richmann
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:49:58.786Z

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name: "Georg Wilhelm Richmann"
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description: "Georg Wilhelm Richmann was a Russian physicist of Baltic German origin who did pioneering work on electricity, atmospheric electricity, and calorimetry. He died by electrocution in St. Petersburg when struck by apparent ball lightning produced by an experiment attempting to ground the electrical discharge from a storm."
tagline: "Baltic German physicist (1711-1753)"
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birthDate: "1711-07-11"
deathDate: "1753-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump