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Emil Warburg

German physicist (1846–1931)

Emil Gabriel Warburg (German pronunciation: [ˈeːmiːl ˈvaːɐ̯bʊʁk]; 9 March 1846 – 28 July 1931) was a German physicist who during his career was professor of physics at the Universities of Strassburg, Freiburg and Berlin. He was elected to honorary membership of Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society on 17 April 1894.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Emil Warburg (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Mar 9, 1846, died Jul 28, 1931.¹

About

He was president of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft 1899–1905. His name is notably associated with the Warburg element of electrochemistry.

Among his students were James Franck (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1925), Eduard Grüneisen, Robert Pohl, Erich Regener and Hans von Euler-Chelpin (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1929). He carried out research in the areas of kinetic theory of gases, electrical conductivity, gas discharges, heat radiation, ferromagnetism and photochemistry.

He was the father of Otto Heinrich Warburg (Nobel Prize in Physiology, 1931). He was a friend of Albert Einstein.

From Wikipedia’s article on Emil Warburg, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Deutsche Physikalische GesellschaftChair 1899 to 1905¹⁴
Deutsche Physikalische GesellschaftChair 1897 to 1899¹⁴

Early life and education

Date not recordedHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin³
Date not recordedHeidelberg University³

Career

Occupation: university teacher, physicist.⁷

1905 to 1922Chair, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt⁶
1899 to 1905Chair, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft⁵
1897 to 1899Chair, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft⁵
Date not recordedWorked at University of Freiburg⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin⁴

Personal life

BornMar 9, 1846, Altona⁸
DiedJul 28, 1931, Bayreuth⁹
CitizenshipGerman Reich¹⁰
ResidenceGermany¹¹
SpouseElisabeth Gärtner¹²

Awards

1926Adlerschild des Deutschen Reiches¹³
1912Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art¹³
1894honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)¹³

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