Died 1975-10-30.
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Gustav Ludwig Hertz
Gustav Ludwig Hertz was a German experimental physicist who shared the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics with James Franck "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom."
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science · German physicist (1887–1975) · physicist · university teacher · also Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Gustav Hertz, Hertz
Born 22 July 1887 · Died 30 October 1975 · Q57070
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1975· 1 entry
1961· 1 entry
Hertz was Director of the Physics Institute of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig (now Leipzig University)
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1959· 2 entries
Awarded Hervorragender Wissenschaftler des Volkes (1959).
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Won Helmholtz Medal (1959).
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1951· 3 entries
Awarded Stalin Prize (1951).
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Won Max Planck Medal (1951).
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Was awarded the Stalin Prize, second class, with Barwich
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1949· 1 entry
Six German scientists, including Hertz, Thiessen, and Barwich were called in for consultation at Sverdlovsk-44, which was responsible for uranium enrichment
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1928· 1 entry
Became Director of the Physics Institute at Technische Hochschule Berlin (THB)
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1925· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1925).
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Was appointed Director of the Physics Institute at the University of Halle
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Hertz and Franck were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their experiment
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1920· 1 entry
Became a research physicist at the Philips Incandescent Lamp Factory in Eindhoven
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1919· 1 entry
Married Ellen Dihlmann, who died in 1941
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1917· 1 entry
Returned to the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin as a Privatdozent
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1915· 1 entry
Joined Fritz Haber's unit that would introduce poisonous chlorine gas as a weapon
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1913· 1 entry
Hertz was appointed Research Assistant at the Physics Institute of the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin
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1911· 1 entry
Studied at Frederick William University Berlin (1909–1911).
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1909· 1 entry
Studied at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (1908–1909).
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1908· 1 entry
Studied at University of Göttingen (1906–1908).
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1887· 1 entry
Born 1887-07-22.
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