Hermann von Helmholtz (Classic Reprint)

August Ferdi nand Julius Helmholtz, who was born on December 21; 1792, in Berlin, and was educated at the Friedrichs-G ymnasium; he matriculated onO ctober 15, 1811, in the Theological Faculty of the University. Notwithstanding a feeble constitution, he took part in the campaign of 1813-1814, was sworn in as a volunteer at Breslau immediately after the Royal Proclamation on March 30, 1813, and was promoted to be second lieutenant onS eptember 8, after the battle of Dresden. After the Peace of Paris, 1814, he obtained his discharge, and returned to Berlin, but felt himself obliged to give up his theological studies from conscientious motives, since he was unable to reconcile himself to the hyper-orthodox views that prevailed at the time. He therefore chose the study of the classical languages as his profession, although his inclinations would have led him to prefer philosophy. A protracted nervous fever obliged him to relinquish the campaign of 1815, when he accepted a temporary engagement as private tutor to a couple of talented and industrious lads with whom he was happy and contented; and he only parted from them reluctantly in order to provide for his future, and secure himself a permanent position. After passing a qualifying examination in Berlin he was appointed form-master at the Potsdam Gymnasium in 1820, and became Professor by Royal Patent in 1828. Directly after his appointment to the Gymnasium he married Fraulein Caroline Penne, the daughter of aH anoverian artillery officer, who was born on May 22, 1797.
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