Paul Scherrer
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28 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- February 3, 1890
- Date of death
- September 25, 1969
- Place of birth
- St. Gallen
- Place of death
- Zurich
- Country of citizenship
- Switzerland[9]
- Occupation
- physicist, university teacher, nuclear physicist, crystallographer
- Employer
- ETH Zurich[14]
- Field of work
- physicist, physics, atomic physics, nuclear physics[10][11][12][13]
- Educated at
- ETH Zurich, University of Göttingen[15][16]
- Award received
- Marcel Benoist Prize, Fellow of the American Physical Society, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse[18][19][20][21]
- Child
- Ines Jucker[8]
- Doctoral advisor
- Peter Debye[17]
- Doctoral student
- Georg Busch, Fritz Zwicky, Ernst Baldinger, Armin Thellung, Bernd T. Matthias, Ernst Baldinger, Hans Jörg Leisi, Werner Känzig, Raymund Sänger, Pierre E. Marmier, Alexander Rusterholz, Paul Güttinger, Andreas Valkó, Saleh Selim-Younis, Hans Aeppli, Paul Huber, Kessar Demosthenes Alexopoulos, Werner Bantle, Hans Baumgartner, Heinrich F. Blattner, Ernst Bleuler, Felix Boehm, Egon Bretscher, Heini Gränicher, P. C. Gugelot, Josef Halter, Willy Hardmeier, Ernst Heer, Fritz Herlach, Gerhard Herzog, Otto Huber, Franz Humbel, Franco Jona, Hans J. Mähly, Heinrich Medicus, Walter Merz, Jean Rossel, Rudolf Rüetschi, Werner Sigrist, Peter Stähelin, Hans Staub, Peter G. Debrunner, Julius Adams Stratton, Alfred Buri, Jean-Pierre Blaser, Valentine Telegdi, Jan A. Rajchman, Jakob Ackeret[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]
- Work location
- Göttingen
- Nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Physics
- Archives at
- ETH Zurich University Archives, ETH Zurich University Archives, ETH Zurich University Archives
- Described by source
- Physicists: Biographical Dictionary, Neue Deutsche Biographie
- Family name
- Scherrer
- Given name
- Paul
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- Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Mosnang
- Place of burial
- Fluntern Cemetery[7]
- Residence
- Switzerland
- Student
- Amos de-Shalit, Max Robert Schafroth
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- 0000000078586284
- VIAF cluster ID
- 84801414
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- no98104189
- GND ID
- 118754726
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- ETH-BIB-Scherrer, Paul (1890-1969)-Portr 06809 (cropped).tif ↗
- Academic Tree ID
- 51831
- Académie royale de Belgique member ID
- paul-hermann-scherrer
- AstroGen ID
- 40605
- Awards & Winners artist ID
- 03yh2m
- BDELIS ID
- 64313
- BIBSYS ID
- 90621993
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
- scherrer-paul
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- 118754726
- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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- Dodis ID
- P2154
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
- 184304
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- biography/Paul-Scherrer
- FAST ID
- 421928
- Find a Grave memorial ID
- 178746386
- Freebase ID
- /m/03yh2m
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
- paul-scherrer
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
- 0061321
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
- Paul_Scherrer
- HAdW member ID
- 822
- HDS ID
- 028931
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
- 54859
- INSPIRE-HEP author ID
- P.Scherrer.1
- IdRef ID
- 15500817X
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
- 118754726
- Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
- 63075
- Medvik ID
- nlk20000086816
- Munzinger person ID
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- Museo Galileo authority ID
- 90555
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- Niedersächsische Personen ID
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- Nobel Prize People Nomination ID
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- Obálky knih ID
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- Open Library ID
- OL2109037A
- PM20 folder ID
- pe/026153
- Portrait Archive ID
- 133851
- RERO ID (legacy)
- A003795288
- SNAC ARK ID
- w68s548c
- TMDB person ID
- 4321505
- Treccani ID
- paul-hermann-scherrer
- WikiTree person ID
- Scherrer-330
- WorldCat Entities ID
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- Yale LUX ID
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Field of work 4
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Award received 3
Member of 3
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Nominated for 2
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Employer 1
Given name 1
Instance of 1
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Place of birth 1
Place of burial 1
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Summary
Paul Scherrer was born in St. Gallen[1]. He died in Zurich[2]. He worked as a physicist[3], university teacher[4], nuclear physicist[5], and crystallographer[6].
Why It Matters
Paul Scherrer's notable doctoral advisees include Fritz Zwicky[38], an astronomer[39], 1898–1974[40], of Switzerland[41], awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society[42], specialised in astrophysics[43]; Valentine Telegdi[44], a physicist[45], 1922–2006[46], of United States[47], awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics[48], specialised in physics[49]; Julius Adams Stratton[50], an engineer[51], 1901–1994[52], of United States[53], awarded the IEEE Medal of Honor[54], specialised in electrical engineering[55]; Jan A. Rajchman[56], an engineer[57], 1911–1989[58], of United States[59], awarded the Edison Medal[60]; Bernd T. Matthias[61], a physicist[62], 1918–1980[63], of United States[64], awarded the John Price Wetherill Medal[65]; and Egon Bretscher[66], a physicist[67], 1901–1973[68], of Switzerland[69], awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire[70], specialised in nuclear physics[71].
FAQs
Where was Paul Scherrer born?
Paul Scherrer's place of birth was St. Gallen[1].
Where did Paul Scherrer die?
Paul Scherrer died in Zurich[2].
What did Paul Scherrer do for work?
Paul Scherrer worked as a physicist[3], university teacher[4], nuclear physicist[5], and crystallographer[6].
Where did Paul Scherrer go to school?
Paul Scherrer was educated at ETH Zurich[15] and University of Göttingen[16].
What awards did Paul Scherrer receive?
Honors received include Marcel Benoist Prize[18], Fellow of the American Physical Society[19], honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense[20], and honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse[21].