NDR: Manfred von Ardenne: Der Herr des Fernsehens
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Manfred von Ardenne
Manfred Baron von Ardenne was a German researcher, autodidact in applied physics, and an inventor. He took out approximately 600 patents in fields including electron microscopy, medical technology, nuclear technology, plasma physics, and radio and television technology. From 1928 to 1945, he directed his self-funded and private research laboratory Forschungslaboratorium für Elektronenphysik, where…
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science · German researcher and applied physicist (1907–1997) · physicist · inventor · politician · university teacher · scientist · also Manfred von Ardenne, M. von Ardenne, M von Ardenne, von Ardenne, von Ardenne M, von Ardenne M.
Born 20 January 1907 · Died 26 May 1997 · Q70999
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2002· 1 entry
The German "Europäische Forschungsgesellschaft Dünne Schichten" ("European Thin-Film Research Society") named an annual prize in von Ardenne's honor
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1997· 1 entry
Died 1997-05-26.
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1991· 1 entry
And re-emerged as Von Ardenne Anlagentechnik GmbH
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of Dresden (1989).
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Hervorragender Wissenschaftler des Volkes (1987).
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1965· 1 entry
Awarded National Prize of East Germany (1965).
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1963· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Volkskammer (1963–1989).
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Ardenne became president of the "Kulturbund" of the DDR
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1961· 1 entry
Was selected a chairman of the "Internationale Gesellschaft für medizinische Elektronik und biomedizinische Technik"
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1959· 1 entry
Received a patent for the electron-beam furnace he developed
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1958· 2 entries
Awarded National Prize of East Germany (1958).
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Was awarded the "Nationalpreis" of the DDR; the same year he became a member of the "Friedensrat"
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1957· 1 entry
Ardenne became a member of the "Forschungsrat" of the DDR
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1953· 3 entries
Awarded Stalin Prize, 2nd degree (1953).
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Awarded Stalin Prize (1953).
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Before his return to Germany, he was awarded a Stalin Prize, first class, for contributions to the atomic bomb project; the money from this prize, 100,000 Rubles, was used to buy the land for his private institute in Eas
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1947· 2 entries
Awarded USSR State Prize (1947).
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Ardenne was awarded a Stalin Prize for his development of a table-top electron microscope
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1941· 2 entries
Won Silver Leibniz medal (1941).
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The "Leibniz-Medaille" of the "Preußische Akademie der Wissenschaften" was awarded to Ardenne, and in January 1945, he received the title of "Reichsforschungsrat" (Empire Research Advisor)
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1937· 2 entries
Ardenne developed the scanning transmission electron microscope
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Ardenne married Bettina Bergengruen; they had four children
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1935· 1 entry
The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow, culminating in the live broadcast of the 1936 Summer Olympic Games from Berlin to public places all over Germany
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1928· 1 entry
Came into his inheritance with full control as to how it could be spent, and he established his private research laboratory Forschungslaboratorium für Elektronenphysik, in Berlin-Lichterfelde, to conduct his own resea
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1925· 1 entry
From patent sales and publication income, Ardenne substantially improved the broadband amplifier (resistance-coupled amplifier), which was fundamental to the development of television and radar
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1923· 1 entry
At the age of 15, he received his first patent for an electronic tube with multiple (three) systems in a single tube for applications in wireless telegraphy
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1913· 1 entry
Ardenne's father, assigned to the Kriegsministerium, moved to Berlin
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1907· 2 entries
Born 1907-01-20.
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In Hamburg to a wealthy aristocratic family, Ardenne was the oldest of five children
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