Viktor Franz Hess

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Nobel laureate in Physics person physicist

Viktor Franz Hess was an Austrian-American physicist best known for discovering cosmic rays, a breakthrough that earned him the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Physics ⓘ
person ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
awardReceived Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
birthCountry Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary
birthDate 1883-06-24 ⓘ
birthPlace Peggau ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Austria ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathCountry United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1964-12-17 ⓘ
deathPlace Mount Tremper, New York ⓘ
discovery cosmic rays ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Stefan Meyer ⓘ
education University of Graz NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Fordham University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Radium Institute of Vienna ⓘ
University of Graz NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Innsbruck NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Hess ⓘ
fieldOfWork astroparticle physics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
givenName Viktor NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor discovery of cosmic rays ⓘ
memberOf Austrian Academy of Sciences ⓘ
Pontifical Academy of Sciences ⓘ
middleName Franz ⓘ
migratedTo United States of America ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
Austrian ⓘ
NobelPrizeInPhysicsYear 1936 ⓘ
notableExperiment balloon flights to measure ionizing radiation with altitude ⓘ
notableWork measurements of atmospheric ionization at high altitudes ⓘ
occupation physicist ⓘ
placeOfBurial St. Peter’s Cemetery, Graz ⓘ
positionHeld professor of physics ⓘ
reasonForMigration escape from Nazi regime ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Graz ⓘ
Innsbruck ⓘ
New York ⓘ
sharedNobelPrizeWith Carl David Anderson ⓘ
spouse Marie Bertha Warner Breisky NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearOfMigration 1938 ⓘ

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