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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

  • Born in Danzig, Poland

    Born in Danzig
  • Parents Die for eating poisonous mushrooms

    Daniels both parents die after eating poisonous mushrooms
  • He invented his first two thermometers

  • He apprenticed under a shopkeeper in Amsterdam after his parents death

  • He creates the mercury thermometer

    He creates the mercury thermometer
  • He begins to travel to 4 different places to learn about glassblowing and chemistry

  • Fahrenhiet settled in Hague as a glass blower

  • He lectured in chemistry in Amsterdam

  • He announced a method of making thermometers

  • He was elected in the Royal Society

  • Fahrenhiet died at the age of 50