Karl Ferdinand Braun - Nobel Prize in Physics — 1909
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Karl Ferdinand Braun

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 1909
in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy
Together with: Guglielmo Marconi
Citizenship
Kingdom of PrussiaKingdom of PrussiaElectorate of HesseElectorate of Hesse
Languages
German
date of birth
6/6/1850
place of birth
Fulda
date of death
4/20/1918
place of death
New York City
Lived
67 years
occupation
  • university teacher
  • physicist
  • inventor
field of work
  • physics
educated at
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • end time: 1872
  • University of Marburg
  • University of Strasbourg
employer
  • University of Tübingen
  • University of Marburg
  • University of Würzburg
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
position held
  • professor
work location
  • Tübingen
  • Marburg
member of
  • Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
doctoral student
  • Alois Wuest
  • Leonid Mandelstam
  • Godfrey Thomson
  • Godfrey Thomson
  • Richard Gans
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