Johann Wilhelm Ritter

✶December 16, 1776

†January 23, 1810

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Johann Wilhelm Ritter was a German chemist, physicist and philosopher. He is associated with the German Romanticism. He is also known for discovering the ultraviolet part of the electromagnetic spectrum. He is also credited for the first achieved sustained electrolysis of water and the discovery of electroplating.

German chemist, physicist and philosopher

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