James Franck

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Nobel laureate in Physics human physicist

James Franck was a German-born physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for the Franck–Hertz experiment and his later work on the Manhattan Project in the United States.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics → human → physicist →
academicDegree	doctorate in physics →
awardReceived	Nobel Prize in Physics → Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
coAuthor	Gustav Hertz →
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1882-08-26 →
dateOfDeath	1964-05-21 →
doctoralAdvisor	Emil Warburg →
educatedAt	University of Berlin NERFINISHED → University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED →
employer	Johns Hopkins University → University of Berlin NERFINISHED → University of Chicago → University of Göttingen NERFINISHED →
ethnicGroup	German Jews →
familyName	Franck →
fieldOfWork	atomic physics → physics → quantum physics →
givenName	James →
knownFor	ethical opposition to the use of nuclear weapons on civilian targets → studies of electron collisions in gases →
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English → German →
memberOf	Manhattan Project →
militaryBranch	German Army →
movement	German emigrants to the United States →
NobelPrizeFor	discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom →
NobelPrizeYear	1925 →
notableAchievement	experimental verification of quantized energy levels in atoms →
notableWork	Franck Report → Franck–Hertz experiment →
participatedIn	World War I →
placeOfBirth	Hamburg →
placeOfDeath	Göttingen →
positionHeld	professor of physics →
religion	Judaism →
residence	Germany → United States of America →
sexOrGender	male →
sharedNobelPrizeWith	Gustav Hertz →
workLocation	Chicago → Göttingen →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Franck Report → Franck–Condon principle →	namedAfter
Franck Report →	author
Edward Condon →	coFormulatedWith
Met Lab →	employed
Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory →	keyPerson
Franck Report →	signatory