Karl Jaspers

Karl Jaspers

male, deceased (1969)
Erasmus Prize winner, Theologian, German, Karl Theodor Jaspers, Continental philosopher, existentialist…UniversityofGoettingen, University of Basel, university of freiburg, relieved of most teaching duties by the Nazis, man of faith, but not a traditional Christian
Karl Theodor Jaspers (February 23, 1883 - February 26, 1969) was a German psychiatrist and philosopher who had a strong influence on modern...
Wilhelm Ackermann

Wilhelm Ackermann

male, deceased (1962)
Gödel's completeness theorem, Ackermann function, theory of computation, westphalia, University of Muenster, mathematician…UniversityofGoettingen, Academy of Sciences, Principles of Theoretical Logic, Ph.D. by the University
Wilhelm Friedrich Ackermann (March 29, 1896, Herscheid municipality, Germany - December 24, 1962 Lüdenscheid, Germany) was a German mathematician b...

Erich Hückel

male, deceased (1980)
Lennard-Jones, electrolyte, German, zurich, physics, organic…Doctor of Philosophy, University of Göttingen, UniversityofGoettingen
Erich Armand Arthur Joseph Hückel was a German physicist and physical chemist. He is known for two major contributions: *The Debye-Hückel theory of...
John A. Widtsoe

John A. Widtsoe

male, deceased (1952)
Froyen, Latter Day Saint academic, apostle, missionary, Latter Day Saint hymnwriter, Mormon…Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, UniversityofGoettingen, Utah State University, Harvard University
John Andreas Widtsoe was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1921 until his...
Gisela Striker

Gisela Striker

female
Harvard University, Epicureans, Stoics, UniversityofGoettingen, University of Cambridge, epistemology…Harvard University faculty, Columbia University
Gisela Striker holds a joint appointment in Philosophy and Classics at Harvard University. She was born and educated in Germany (with a doctorate...
Wilhelm Pfeffer

Wilhelm Pfeffer

male, deceased (1920)
osmometer, protoplast, physics, university of bonn, basel, photosynthesis…University of Leipzig, University of Tubingen, UniversityofGoettingen, University of Basel, University of Marburg
Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp Pfeffer was a German botanist and plant physiologist who was born in Grebenstein. He studied botany, physics and...
Gerhard Sessler

Gerhard Sessler

male, 78 years old
Gerhard M. Sessler, National Inventors Hall of Fame, James West, foil electret microphone, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineer, Baden-Württemberg…Darmstadt University of Technology, UniversityofGoettingen, Fellow of the IEEE
Gerhard M. Sessler co-invented the foil electret microphone with James West at Bell Laboratories in work culminating in 1962. He was born in...
Walther Herwig

Walther Herwig

male, deceased (1912)
Biologist, German, civil service, fishery, freiburg, jurist…University of Leipzig, University of Kiel, UniversityofGoettingen, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Freiberg University of Mining and Technology
Walther Herwig was a Prussian administrative lawyer, and the founder of the German fisheries science. Herwig studied jurisprudence at the...
Reinhart Ahlrichs

Reinhart Ahlrichs

male, 69 years old
University of Chicago, German, Chemist, university of karlsruhe, Theoretical chemist, UniversityofGoettingen
Prof. Dr. Reinhart Ahlrichs is a German theoretical chemist. Ahlrichs studied Physics at the University of Goettingen (Diplom (M.Sc.) in 1965) and...
Sidney van Den van den Bergh

Sidney van Den van den Bergh

male, 80 years old
Andromeda II, Canadian of Dutch descent, Royal Society, UniversityofGoettingen, Order of Canada, immigrant to Canada…Ohio State University alumni, Ohio State University, Fellow of the Royal Society, Officer of the Order of Canada, university of toronto
Sidney van den Bergh (born 1929) is a Canadian astronomer. He discovered Andromeda II. Born in the Netherlands, he received his A.B. from Princeton...