Wilhelm Eduard Weber was a German physicist and, together with Carl Friedrich Gauss, inventor of the first electromagnetic telegraph. Wikipedia
Born: October 24, 1804, Wittenberg, Germany
Died: June 23, 1891 (age 86 years), Göttingen, Germany
Siblings: Ernst Heinrich Weber
Education: University of Göttingen and Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
Awards: Copley Medal (1859) and Matteucci Medal (1879)