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Mark, H. F. (Herman Francis), 1895-1992
H. F. Mark autobiography, 1986.
The manuscript discusses Mark's childhood in Vienna; service during World War I; study at Universitt̃ Wien under Wilhelm Schlenk, whom he followed to the Technische Universitt̃ Berlin in 1921; work at Kaiser Wilhelm Institute (now the Max-Planck-Institut f r Physik und Astrophysik) with Michael Polanyi, Erich Schmid, Rudolf Brill and Karl Wiessenberg; association with Max von Laue, Peter Paul Ewald, Leo Szilard, Georg von Hevesy, and Albert Einstein; Mark's move to I. G. Farben in Ludwigshafen am Rhein and work on the structure of natural polymers; return to Universitt̃ Wien with the rise of the Nazis and subsequent migration to Canada where he worked for the Canadian International Paper Company in Hawkesbury, Ontario; move to Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and work there after Pearl Harbor for the Office of Scientific Research and Development and the Office of Naval Research with many scientists including Isidor Fankuchen; committee work; and a supplement which discusses Mark's retirement activities. File also contains correspondence pertaining to the authorship of the manuscript, which is questionnable, since it switches from third to first person.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
Hevesy, Georg von, 1885-1966
Mark, H. F. (Herman Francis), 1895-1992
Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976
Schmid, Erich, 1896-
Szilard, Leo
Max-Planck-Institut f r Physik und Astrophysik.
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
Technische Universitt̃ Berlin -- Students.
United States. Office of Naval Research
United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development.
National socialism and science -- Germany.
Physicists -- Biography.
Polymers (Chemical structures) -- Research.
Refugees, Political -- Austria.
Refugees, Political -- Canada.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Science.
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- United States.
Canada -- Emigration and immigration.
Germany -- 1933-1945 -- Political aspects.
Autobiographies. aat
Brill, Rudolf.
Ewald, Paul Peter, 1888-1985
Fankuchen, Isidor.
Schlenk, Wilhelm.
Wiessenberg, Karl.
I. G. Farben -- Germany -- Ludwigshafen am Rhein -- Employees.
Kaiser-Wilhelm Institut fur Physik -- Research.
Universitt̃ Wien -- Students.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
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