Johann Wilhelm Ritter

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Johann Wilhelm Ritter
Ritter in the uniform of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, about 1804.
Born	(1776-12-16)16 December 1776 Samitz, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died	23 January 1810(1810-01-23) (aged 33) Munich, Bavaria
Nationality	German
Known for	Electrochemistry Ultraviolet light
Scientific career
Fields	Physics

Johann Wilhelm Ritter (16 December 1776 – 23 January 1810)^[1] was a German chemist, physicist and philosopher. He was born in Samitz (Zamienice) near Haynau (Chojnów) in Silesia (then part of Prussia, since 1945 in Poland), and died in Munich.