# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-christian-poggendorff
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:59:43.322Z

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name: "Johann Christian Poggendorff"
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description: "Johann Christian Poggendorff was a German physicist born in Hamburg. Poggendorff is best known for his work related to electricity and magnetism, most notably the electrostatic motor which is analogous to Wilhelm Holtz's electrostatic machine. In 1841 he described the use of the potentiometer for measurement of electrical potentials without current draw."
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birthDate: "1796-12-29"
deathDate: "1877-01-24"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump