Wednesday 4 April 2012

Frankenstein's professors

Frankenstein studies at Ingolstadt under two professors 'M. Krempe' and 'M. Waldman.' These two are thinly veiled portraits of notable contemporaries. ‘Krempe’ is based on Chrétien Kramp (c.1750 – 1828), French mathematician and scientist who taught for a while in Switzerland; ‘Waldman’ is based on Henri Walferdin (1743 - 1820) a natural philosopher most famous today for the invention of a variety of hydro-barometers and thermometers.

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