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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectV. Bargmann
Dates
April 6, 1908 – July 20, 1989
Authorized Form of Name
Bargmann, V. (Valentine), 1908-1989
Additional Forms of Names
Bargmann, Valentine
Bargmann, Valentine, 1908-1989
Biography
Abstract
Bargmann was born in Germany, immigrated to the United States, served as a staff member at the Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, and was professor of mathematics and physics at Princeton (1948-1976). His subject interests included quantum theory, relativity, and group theory.
Important Dates
April 6, 1908Birth, Berlin (Germany).
1925 – 1933Studied at the University of Berlin, but did not complete degree, Berlin (Germany).
1936Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland).
1937 – 1946Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (N.J.).
1946 – 1947Visiting Lecturer, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1948Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh.
1948 – 1989Associate Professor to Professor of Mathematical Physics (1948-1976) and Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Physics (1976-1989), Princeton University.
1979Member, National Academy of Sciences.
July 20, 1989Death, Princeton (N.J.).
Occupation
Mathematical physicist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Bargmann, Sonja
Wife.
Advisors & Collaborators
PhD advisor at University of Zurich, "Ueber die durch Elektronenstrahlen in Kristallen angeregte Lichtemission."
Colleagues
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Brown, G. E. (Gerald Edward), 1926-
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Dicke, Robert H. (Robert Henry)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Eisenhart, Luther Pfahler, 1876-1965
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Gross, David J. (David Jonathan)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Holstein, Theodore David, 1915-1985
Both employed at University of Pittsburgh.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Robertson, H. P. (Howard Percy), 1903-1961
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Institute for Advanced Study.
Shenstone, A. G. (Allen Goodrich)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Smyth, Henry De Wolf, 1898-1986
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Institute for Advanced Study.
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008
Both employed at Princeton University.
Wightman, A. S. (Arthur Strong), 1922-2013
Both employed at Princeton University.
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Additional
Hylleraas, Egil A. (Egil Andersen), 1898-1965
Institutions
Major Positions
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
Member.
Princeton University. Department of Physics
Visiting Lecturer; Associate Professor to Professor of Mathematical Physics; and Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Physics.
University of Pittsburgh. Department of Mathematics
Associate Professor of Mathematics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Carnegie-Mellon University. Physics Department
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Berlin. Institut fur Angewandte Mathematik
Bargmann moved to Switzerland before completing degree.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Stanford University. Department of Physics
Universitat Zurich
Obtained PhD in Physics (1936).
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Oral history interview with V. Bargmann, 1984 April 12.
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Princeton University
65 Olden Street, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Valentine Bargmann papers, 1908-1988.
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Princeton University
1 Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Subject
Egil A. Hylleraas papers, 1945-1965.
Universitetsbiblioteket i Oslo
Drammensveien 42, Oslo 0243, Norway
Electronic Computer Project (ECP) records, 1940-1967.
Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center
Institute for Advanced Study
1 Einstein Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA