Phys.org: When science gets ugly – the story of Philipp Lenard and Albert Einstein
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Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard was a Hungarian–German experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1905 for his work on cathode rays. This work led to his experimental realization of the photoelectric effect, discovering that the energy (speed) of the electrons ejected from a cathode depends only on the frequency and not the intensity of light.
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Born 7 June 1862 · Died 20 May 1947 · Q57063
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Phys.org: When science gets ugly – the story of Philipp Lenard and Albert Einstein
Died 1947-05-20.
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Awarded honorary doctor of Comenius University (1942).
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Claimed these men were all "Aryan scientists"
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Won Franklin Medal (1932).
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Returned to Heidelberg, where he remained until his retirement in 1931
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his work on cathode rays.
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1905).
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Won Rumford Medal (1896).
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Won Matteucci Medal (1896).
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Awarded honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1895).
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Lenard became a Privatdozent and an assistant to Heinrich Hertz at the University of Bonn; Lenard and Hertz conducted experiments with cathode rays, which led to him winning the 1905 Nobel Prize in Physics
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Studied at Heidelberg University, Doctor of Natural Sciences (1886).
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Left Budapest and returned to Pressburg, but in 1883 moved to Heidelberg after his tender for an assistant's position at the University of Budapest was refused
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Studied physics and chemistry in Vienna and in Budapest
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Born 1862-06-07.
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