Arthur von Oettingen

Arthur von Oettingen
Born28 March [O.S. 15] 1836
Ludenhof Manor, Ludenhof, Kreis Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
(present-day Luua, Tartu County, Estonia)
Died5 September 1920(1920-09-05) (aged 84)
Bensheim, Kreis Bensheim, Province of Starkenburg, Hesse, Weimar Republic
Resting placeSüdfriedhof (Leipzig)
NationalityBaltic German
Known forIntroducing the harmonic dualism and millioctave concept
RelativesAlexander von Oettingen (brother)
Georg von Oettingen (brother)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, musical theory
Academic advisorsAntoine César Becquerel, Henri Victor Régnault, Heinrich Gustav Magnus, Johann Christian Poggendorff, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove

Arthur Joachim von Oettingen (28 March [O.S. 15] 1836 – 5 September 1920) was a Baltic German physicist and music theorist. He was the brother of theologian Alexander von Oettingen (1827–1905) and ophthalmologist Georg von Oettingen (1824–1916).

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