Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
Gustav Kirchhoff
Born	12 March 1824(1824-03-12) Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	17 October 1887(1887-10-17) (aged 63) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Residence	Prussia/German Empire
Nationality	Prussian
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Berlin University of Breslau University of Heidelberg
Alma mater	University of Königsberg
Doctoral advisor	Franz Ernst Neumann
Doctoral students	Max Noether Ernst Schröder
Known for	Kirchhoff's circuit laws Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation Kirchhoff's laws of spectroscopy Kirchhoff's law of thermochemistry
Notable awards	Rumford medal