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(b. St. Peter, near Klagenfurt, Austria, 24 March 1835; d. Vienna, Austria, 7 January 1893)

physics.

Stefan’s parents were of Slovene origin. An excellent student at the elementary school and later the Gymnasium in Klagenfurt, he enrolled at the University of Vienna in 1853 and became a realschule teacher there four years later.

He worked with Carl Ludwig, in the latter’s laboratory, on the flow of water through tubes.

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In 1858 he qualified as lecturer at the University of Vienna. He became full professor of higher mathematics and physics in 1863, and three years later was appointed director of the Institute for Experimental Physics, founded by Doppler in 1850.

Stefan was a brilliant experimenter and a well-liked teacher. He was dean of the Philosophical Faculty in 1869–1870 and rector magnificus in 1876–1877. In 1860 he became a corresponding member, and in 1865 member, of the Imperial Academy of Sciences.

He was named secretary of the mathematics-science