Editing Rudolf Clausius (section)

==Life==
Clausius was born in [[Koszalin|Köslin]] (now [[Koszalin]], Poland) in the [[Province of Pomerania (1815–1945)|Province of Pomerania]] in [[Prussia]]. His father was a [[Protestant]] pastor and school inspector,<ref>Emilio Segrè (2012). ''From Falling Bodies to Radio Waves: Classical Physicists and Their Discoveries''. Courier Dover Publications. p. 228</ref> and Rudolf studied in the school of his father. In 1838, he went to the [[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]] in [[Szczecin|Stettin]]. Clausius graduated from the [[University of Berlin]] in 1844 where he had studied mathematics and physics since 1840 with, among others, [[Heinrich Gustav Magnus|Gustav Magnus]], [[Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet]], and [[Jakob Steiner]]. He also studied history with [[Leopold von Ranke]]. During 1848, he got his doctorate from the [[University of Halle]] on optical effects in Earth's atmosphere. In 1850 he became professor of physics at the [[TU Berlin|Royal Artillery and Engineering School in Berlin]] and Privatdozent at the Berlin University. In 1855 he became professor at the [[ETH Zürich]], the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in [[Zürich]], where he stayed until 1867. During that year, he moved to [[University of Würzburg|Würzburg]] and two years later, in 1869 to [[University of Bonn|Bonn]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Rudolf Clausius, Prof. Dr. |url=https://www.physik.uzh.ch/de/institut/emeriti/RudolfClausius.html |website=physik.uzh.ch |publisher=Universität Zürich |access-date=18 June 2021 |language=de}}</ref>

In 1870 Clausius organized an ambulance corps in the [[Franco-Prussian War]]. He was wounded in battle, leaving him with a lasting disability. He was awarded the [[Iron Cross]] for his services.

His wife, Adelheid Rimpau died in 1875, leaving him to raise their six children. In 1886, he married Sophie Sack, and then had another child. Two years later, on 24 August 1888, he died in [[Bonn]], Germany.<ref name="Cropper2004">{{cite book|first=William H.|last=Cropper|title=Great Physicists: The Life and Times of Leading Physicists from Galileo to Hawking|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UqbxZpELwHYC&pg=PA93|access-date=25 March 2014|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-517324-6|pages=93–105|chapter=The Road to Entropy Rudolf Clausius}}</ref>