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= Early Years = William's House

Wilhem was an only child born in Lennep in Rhenish Prussia. His mothers name was Charlotte Constanze Frowein. He was raised in the Netherlands where he attended a boarding school called the Institute of Martinus Herman van Doorn. From 1861 to 1863, he attended the ambachtsschool in Utrecht. While he attended this school the was expelled because he would not tell on the student who drew a funny picture of one of his teachers. Later he attended the Frederal Polytechnic Institute to study mechanical engineering, he graduated there with a ph.d. Then he followed August Kundt to the University of Strasbourg to work with him and become a lecturer. home