Johann Andreas Segner
Johann Andreas Segner | |
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Johann Andreas Segner's portrait | |
| Born | 9 October 1704 |
| Died | 5 October 1777 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Citizenship | Kingdom of Hungary |
| Known for | Segner wheel |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Jena Göttingen Halle |
| Doctoral advisor | Georg Erhard Hamberger Simon Paul Hilscher |
| Doctoral students | Johann Georg Büsch |
Johann Andreas von Segner (Hungarian: Segner János András, German: Johann Andreas von Segner, Slovak: Ján Andrej Segner, Latin: Iohannes Andreas de Segner; October 9, 1704 – October 5, 1777) was a Hungarian scientist of German descent. He was born in the Kingdom of Hungary, in the former Hungarian capital city of Pozsony, or Pressburg (today Bratislava).