Georg Wilhelm Muncke or Georg Wilhelm Munke (28 November 1772, in Hilligsfeld – 17 October 1847, in Großkmehlen) was a German physicist.
In 1810 he became a professor at the University of Marburg, where he gave lectures in mathematics and experimental physics.
In 1826 he became an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
[1][2] Also, he was the author of scientific papers on magnetism, electromagnetism, thermoelectrics, telegraphy, etc.
[4] With other scientists, he collaborated on a new edition of Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler's Physikalisches Wörterbunch (11 volumes, 1825–45).