Editing Georg Ohm (section)

===Early life===
Georg Simon Ohm was born into a [[Protestant]] family in [[Erlangen]], [[Brandenburg-Bayreuth]] (then part of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]), son to locksmith Johann Wolfgang Ohm, and Maria Elizabeth Beck, daughter of a tailor in Erlangen. Although his parents had not been formally educated, Ohm's father was a respected man who had educated himself to a high level and was able to give his sons an excellent education through his own teachings.<ref>Keithley, Joseph F. (1999). ''The Story of Electrical and Magnetic Measurements: From 500 BC to the 1940s''. John Wiley & Sons</ref> Of the seven children of the family only three survived to adulthood: Georg Simon, his younger brother [[Martin Ohm|Martin]], who later became a well-known mathematician, and his sister Elizabeth Barbara. His mother died when he was ten.

From early childhood, Georg and Martin were taught by their father who brought them to a high standard in [[mathematics]], [[physics]], [[chemistry]] and [[philosophy]]. Georg Simon attended Erlangen Gymnasium from age eleven to fifteen where he received little in the area of scientific training, which sharply contrasted with the inspired instruction that both Georg and Martin received from their father. This characteristic made the Ohms bear a resemblance to the [[Bernoulli family]], as noted by [[Karl Christian von Langsdorf]], a professor at the [[Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg|University of Erlangen]].