Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
(1686-1736)

German-Polish physicist and engineer (1686-1736) – Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was born in Gdańsk (City and capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship on the Baltic coast of northern Poland) on May 24th, 1686 and died in The Hague (City and municipality in the Netherlands, seat of the Dutch government) on September 16th, 1736 at the age of 50. Today Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit would be 337 years old.

Age

how old was Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit when he died?

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit died in 1736 at the age of 50.

Biographical data

Birthday	May 24th, 1686 (Friday)
Place of Birth	Gdańsk City and capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship on the Baltic coast of northern Poland
Death Date	September 16th, 1736 (Sunday)
Death place	The Hague City and municipality in the Netherlands, seat of the Dutch government
Birth sign (Zodiac)	Gemini (The Twins) ♊
Chinese Zodiac	Tiger 兎

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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

Birthday

When was Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit born?

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was born on May 24th, 1686.

Death

When did Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit die?

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit died on September 16th, 1736 at the age of 50 in The Hague (City and municipality in the Netherlands, seat of the Dutch government). Today Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit would be 337 years old.