Gustav Hertz

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German physicist Nobel laureate human physicist

Gustav Hertz was a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for the Franck–Hertz experiment, which provided key evidence for the quantization of energy levels in atoms.

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Gustav Hertz canonical 9
Gustav Ludwig Hertz 3
Gustav Ferdinand Hertz 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German physicist ⓘ
Nobel laureate ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree doctorate in physics ⓘ
awardReceived Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
burialPlace Berlin ⓘ
citizenship Germany ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War I ⓘ
contributedTo experimental confirmation of Bohr model of the atom ⓘ
countryOfBirth German Empire ⓘ
countryOfDeath East Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1887-07-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1975-10-30 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Heinrich Rubens ⓘ
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ⓘ
University of Göttingen ⓘ
employer Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute ⓘ
surface form: A. F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute

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Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
surface form: University of Berlin

University of Leipzig ⓘ
era 20th-century physics ⓘ
familyName Hertz ⓘ
fieldOfWork atomic physics ⓘ
experimental physics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
fullName Gustav Hertz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gustav Ludwig Hertz
givenName Gustav ⓘ
knownFor experimental verification of quantized energy levels in atoms ⓘ
languageSpoken German ⓘ
memberOf Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ
militaryService German Army ⓘ
NobelPrizeInPhysicsYear 1925 ⓘ
notableStudent Hans D. Jensen ⓘ
surface form: Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen
notableWork Franck–Hertz experiment ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hamburg ⓘ
placeOfDeath Berlin ⓘ
positionHeld head of physics institute at University of Leipzig ⓘ
professor of physics ⓘ
relationshipToHeinrichHertz great-nephew ⓘ
relative Heinrich Hertz ⓘ
researchFocus discrete energy levels in atoms ⓘ
electron collisions with atoms ⓘ
returnedTo East Germany ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sharedNobelPrizeWith James Franck ⓘ
workedIn Soviet Union ⓘ

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Heinrich Hertz → hasSibling → Gustav Hertz ⓘ
James Franck → coAuthor → Gustav Hertz ⓘ
James Franck → sharedNobelPrizeWith → Gustav Hertz ⓘ
Hertz → hasNotableBearer → Gustav Hertz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gustav Ludwig Hertz
Elizabeth Doll → relativeByMarriage → Gustav Hertz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gustav Ferdinand Hertz
Elizabeth Doll → relativeByMarriage → Gustav Hertz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gustav Ludwig Hertz
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry → notableScientist → Gustav Hertz ⓘ
Gustav Hertz → fullName → Gustav Hertz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gustav Ludwig Hertz
Gustav → borneBy → Gustav Hertz ⓘ
Franck → namedAfter → Gustav Hertz ⓘ
subject surface form: Franck–Hertz experiment
Franck–Hertz experiment → performedBy → Gustav Hertz ⓘ
Franck–Hertz experiment → contributedToAwardOf → Gustav Hertz ⓘ
Gustav Hertz Prize → namedAfter → Gustav Hertz ⓘ