Heinrich Rudolf Hertz was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves predicted by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism. The unit of frequency, cycle per second, was named the "hertz"... Wikipedia
Born: February 22, 1857, Hamburg, Germany
Died: January 1, 1894 (age 36 years), Bonn, Germany
Parents: Gustav Ferdinand Hertz and Anna Elisabeth Pfefferkorn
Children: Mathilde Carmen Hertz and Johanna Hertz
Spouse: Elisabeth Hertz (m. 1886–1894)
Awards: Matteucci Medal (1888) and Rumford Medal (1890)
Alma mater: University of Munich; University of Berlin