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Archival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectFerdinand Braun
Dates
June 6, 1850 – April 20, 1918
Authorized Form of Name
Braun, Ferdinand, 1850-1918
Additional Forms of Names
Braun, Karl Ferdinand, 1850-1918
Biography
Abstract
Ferdinand Braun was a physicist, specializing in applied electromagnetism at Strasbourg University. He was awarded the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Guglielmo Marconi "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy."
Important Dates
June 6, 1850Birth, Fulda (Germany).
1872Obtained Doctorate degree in Physics, Berlin University (Technische Universität Berlin), Berlin (Germany).
1872 – 1874Assistant to Professor Quincke, Würzburg University (Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg), Wurzburg (Germany).
1876 – 1880Extraordinary Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Marburg (Philipps-Universität Marburg), Marburg (Germany).
1880 – 1918Professor of Physics (1880 and 1895-1918) and Principal of Physics Institute (1895-1918), Strasbourg University (Université de Strasbourg), Strasburg (Germany).
1883 – 1885Professor of Physics, Technische Hochschule in Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe (Germany).
1885 – 1915Professor of Physics, University of Tübingen (Universität Tübingen), Tübingen (Germany).
1909Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics with Guglielmo Marconi "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".
April 20, 1918Death, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.).
Occupation
Applied electromagnetic physicist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Dieckmann, Max
Advised by Braun at University of Strasbourg (Université de Strasbourg).
Mandel'shtam, L. I. (Leonid Isaakovich), 1879-1944
Advised by Braun at University of Strasbourg (Université de Strasbourg).
Shared 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy."
Quincke, Georg Hermann, 1834-1924
PhD advisor at Universität Berlin.
Schweitzer, Albert, 1875-1965
Advised by Braun at University of Strasbourg (Université de Strasbourg).
Zenneck, Jonathon Adolf
Advised by Braun at University of Strasbourg (Université de Strasbourg).
Additional
Kurylo, Friedrich
Susskind, Charles
Warburg, Emil Gabriel
Institutions
Major Positions
Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg
Assistant to Professor Quincke.
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Extraordinary Professor of Physics.
Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe
Professor of Physics.
Universität Tübingen
Professor of Physics.
Universite de Strasbourg
Professor of Physics and Principal of Physics Institute.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Technische Hochschule Berlin
Obtained Doctorate in Physics (1872).
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Friedrich Kurylo collection on Ferdinand Braun, 1901-1987 (bulk 1960-1965).
Henry E. Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108, USA
Published Resources
Author
Subject
Encyclopaedia Britannica - Ferdinand Braun.
Ferdinand Braun (1850-1918): ein wilhelminischer Physiker/ Florian Hars.