Philipp Lenard - Nobel Prize in Physics — 1905
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Philipp Lenard

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 1905
for his work on cathode rays
Citizenship
Hungary Hungary Germany Germany
Languages
Hungarian, German
date of birth
6/7/1862
place of birth
Bratislava
date of death
5/20/1947
place of death
Messelhausen
Lived
84 years
educated at
  • Heidelberg University
    • academic degree: Doctor of Natural Sciences
    • end time: 1886
  • Gymnasium Grösslingová
member of
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
    • start time: 8/26/1907
  • Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
    • end time: 1934
    • start time: 1909
  • Militant League for German Culture
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
  • Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg
field of work
  • physics
occupation
  • inventor
  • physicist
  • university teacher
work location
  • Heidelberg
employer
  • RWTH Aachen University
  • Budapest University of Technology and Economics
  • Heidelberg University
  • University of Bonn
  • Kiel University
  • University of Wrocław
position held
  • professor
doctoral student
  • Wilhelm Weinreich
  • Paul Hertz
  • Karl Wilhelm Hausser
  • Walther Kossel
  • Walther Kossel
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