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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectJohannes Stark
Dates
April 15, 1874 – June 21, 1957
Authorized Form of Name
Stark, Johannes, 1874-1957
Additional Forms of Names
Stark, J. (Johannes), 1874-1957
Biography
Abstract
Johannes Stark was awarded the 1919 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields." Stark had an influential role in German physics; he was a professor at a variety of German universities and served as head of the Reich Physical-Technical Institute and the German Research Association. His was a leading voice in the Deutsche Physik movement, which called for the removal of Jewish scientists like Albert Einstein from German physics during the rule of the Nazi party.
Important Dates
April 15, 1874Birth, Nürnberg (Germany).
1897Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Munich, Munich (Germany).
1897 – 1900Assistant to Eugene Lommel, University of Munich, Munich (Germany).
1900Lecturer, University of Göttingen, Göttingen (Germany).
1906Extraordinary Professor, Technische Hochschule, Hannover, Hannover (Germany).
1909Professor, Technische Hochschule in Aachen, Aachen (Germany).
1910Awarded the Baumgartner Prize, Vienna Academy of Sciences.
1914Awarded the Matteucci Medal, Rome Academy of Science.
1914Awarded the Vahlbruch Prize, Göttingen Academy of Sciences.
1917Professor, University of Greifswald, Greifswald (Germany).
1919Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields".
1920 – 1922Professor, Physics Institute, University of Würzburg.
1933Head, German Research Association.
1933 – 1939President, Physical-Technical Institute (Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt), Berlin (Germany).
1934Published book "Nationalsocialismus und Wissenschaft," which expressed his Nationalist and Nazi beliefs.
1947Sentenced to four years imprisonment in denazification court, but did not carry out sentence.
June 21, 1957Death, Traunstein (Germany).
Occupation
Experimental physicist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Collaborated in the Deutsche Physik movement.
Lommel, Eugene, 1837-1899
Advisor at University of Munich.
Meyer, Edgar 1879-1960
Advised by Stark at University of Aachen.
Riecke, E. (Eduard), 1845-
Advisor at University of Gottingen.
Additional
Debye, Peter J. W. (Peter Josef William), 1884-1966
Epstein, Paul S. (Paul Sophus), 1883-1966
Fulcher, Gordon S. (Gordon Scott), 1884-
Gerlach, Walther, 1889-1979
Koenigsberger, Johann Georg
Korn, Elizabeth P.
Lorentz, H. A. (Hendrik Antoon), 1853-1928
Meissner, Walther, 1882-1974
Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968
Ochsenfeld, Robert, 1901-1993
Rubinowicz, Wojciech
Runge, Carl, 1856-1927
Sponer, Hertha, 1895-1968
Institutions
Major Positions
Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg
Professor, Physics Institute.
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
President.
Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (Germany)
President.
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
Professor of Physics.
Technische Universität Hannover
Professor of Physics.
Universität Göttingen
Lecturer.
Universität Greifswald
Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Accademia nazionale delle scienze dette dei XL
Awarded the Matteucci Medal (1914).
Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen
Awarded the Vahlbruch Prize (1914).
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Awarded the Baumgartner Prize (1910).
Universitat Munchen. Fakultat fur Physik
Received PhD in Physics (1897) and Research Assistant.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Johannes Stark correspondence, 1904-1927.
Deutsches Museum
Museumsinsel 1, 80306 Munich, Germany
Johannes Stark letters, 1904-1918.
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz.
Potsdamer Strasse, Postfach 1107, W-1000, Berlin 30, Germany
Johannes Stark selected correspondence [microform], 1904-1927.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Archive for the History of Quantum Physics, 1898-1950 (bulk).
Library
American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Elizabeth P. Korn sketches, 1928-1940s.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Georg von Hevesy scientific correspondence, 1910-1966.
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
Gordon Scott Fulcher papers, 1897-1970.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Johann Koenigsberger correspondence.
Handschriftenabteilung
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Oral history interview with Gregor Wentzel, 1964 February 3 to 5.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Lise Meitner, 1963 May 12.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Paul Sophus Epstein, 1962 May 25, 26 and June 2.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Robert Ochsenfeld, 1992 November 13.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Walther Gerlach, 1963 February 18 and 23.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Walther Meissner, 1963 February 8.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Wojciech Rubinowicz, 1963 May 18.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history joint interview with James Franck and Hertha Sponer-Franck, 1962 July 9 to 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Pieter Zeeman papers, 1877-1946.
Rijksarchief in Noord-Holland
Kleine Houtweg 18, Haarlem, Netherlands
Selected correspondence, 1899-1907.
Deutsches Museum
Museumsinsel 1, 80306 Munich, Germany
Weiner collection in natural science of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, and portraits of scientists [microform], circa 1500-circa 1900.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
Der Stark-Effekt / Johannes Stark, Paul S. Epstein.
Die Axialität der lichtemission und atomstruktur / von J. Stark.
Die elektrizität in gasen, von Dr. Johannes Stark ... Mit 144 abbildungen.
Die gegenwärtige Krisie in der deutschen Physik / von Johannes Stark.
Erinnerungen eines deutschen Naturforschers / Johannes Stark ; herausgegeben von Andreas Kleinert.
Experimentelle Fortschritte der Atomforschung / von Johannes Stark.
Fortschritte der Physik, 1887 bis 1937 /von J. Stark.
Fortschritte und probleme der atomforschung /von dr. Johannes Stark. Mit 11 figuren.
Nationalsozialismus und Wissenschaft / von Dr. Johannes Stark
Natur der chemischen Valenzkräfte / von Johannes Stark ; mit 4 figuren.
Physik der Atomoberfläche / von Johannes Stark.
Prinzipien der atomdynamik, von dr. J. Stark