Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni was a German physicist and musician. His most important work, for which he is sometimes labeled as the father of acoustics, included research on vibrating plates and the calculation of the speed of sound for... Wikipedia
Born: November 30, 1756, Wittenberg, Germany
Died: April 3, 1827 (age 70 years), Wrocław, Poland
Academic advisor: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Notable student: Ernst Heinrich Weber
Education: Leipzig University and Gymnasium St. Augustine
Nationality: German