Ewald Georg (or Jürgen) von Kleist (10 June 1700 – December 11, 1748) was a German
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Ewald Georg (or Jürgen) von Kleist (10 June 1700 – December 11, 1748) was a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.... jurist
Jurist
A jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth of Nations countries it has only historical and specialist usage.... , Lutheran cleric
Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century Germans Reformer Martin Luther.... , and physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many Physics#Major fields of physics spanning all length scales: from atom particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole .... .
Von Kleist is a Pomeranian Prussia noble family. Notable members of this family include:*Ewald J?rgen Georg von Kleist ; co-inventor of the Leyden jar.... family, Ewald was born in Vietzow
Wicewo
Wicewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tychowo, within Bialogard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.... in Farther Pomerania
Farther Pomerania
Farther Pomerania, Further Pomerania or Eastern Pomerania is a historical Pomeranian region, which before the Oder-Neisse line comprised the eastern part of the Duchy of Pomerania later Province of Pomerania, roughly stretching from the Oder River in the West to Pomerelia in the East.... . He studied jurisprudence
Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence is the theory and philosophy of law. Scholars of jurisprudence, or legal philosophers, hope to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature of law, of legal reasoning, legal systems and of legal institutions.... at the University of Leipzig
University of Leipzig
The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest University in Europeand currently the List_of_universities_in_Germany#Universities_by_age university in Germany.... and the University of Leyden and may have started his interest in electricity at the latter university under the influence of Willem 's Gravesande
Willem 's Gravesande
Willem Jacob 's Gravesande was a Netherlands philosopher and mathematician. Born in 's-Hertogenbosch, he studied law in Leiden, and wrote a thesis on suicide.... . From 1722-1745 he was dean of the cathedral at Kammin
Kamien Pomorski
Kamien Pomorski [] is a town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship of northwestern Poland. The capital of Kamien County, the town had 9,123 inhabitants as of December 31 2005.... in the Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia was a Germany monarchy from 1701 to 1918 and, from 1871, was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising almost two-thirds of the area of the empire.... , after which he became president of the royal court of justice in Köslin
Koszalin
Koszalin is the largest city of Farther Pomerania Pomerania in north-western Poland. It is located 15 km south of the Baltic Sea coast. Koszalin is also a county-status city and capital of Koszalin County of West Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999.... .
On 11 October 1745 he independently invented the Kleistian jar, more commonly known as the Leyden jar
Leyden jar
The Leyden jar, or Leiden jar, is a device that "stores" static electricity between two electrodes on the inside and outside of a jar. It was invented in 1745 by Pieter van Musschenbroek , in Leiden, The Netherlands.... after 's Gravesande's graduate student Pieter van Musschenbroek
Pieter van Musschenbroek
Pieter van Musschenbroek was a Netherlands scientist. He was a professor in Duisburg, Utrecht , and Leiden, where he held positions in mathematics, philosophy, medicine, and astrology.... of Leyden.
