Johann Wilhelm Ritter
![Ritter in the uniform of the [[Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities|Bavarian Academy of Sciences]], about 1804.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Ritter-Johann-Wilhelm-1804.jpg)
Johann Wilhelm Ritter (16 December 1776 – 23 January 1810) was a German chemist, physicist and philosopher. He is associated with the German Romanticism. He is also known for discovering the ultraviolet part of the electromagnetic spectrum. He is also credited for the first achieved sustained electrolysis of water and the discovery of electroplating.
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