Paul Scherrer
Swiss physicist (1890–1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paul Hermann Scherrer (3 February 1890 – 25 September 1969) was a Swiss physicist. Born in St. Gallen, Switzerland, he studied at Göttingen, Germany, before becoming a lecturer there. Later, Scherrer became head of the Department of Physics at ETH Zurich.[2][3][4][5]
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Born | Paul Hermann Scherrer 3 February 1890 |
Died | 25 September 1969 (1969-09-26) (aged 79) Zürich, Switzerland |
Nationality | Swiss |
Alma mater | Swiss Federal Polytechnic University of Göttingen |
Known for | Debye–Scherrer method Scherrer equation |
Awards | Marcel Benoist Prize (1943) Honoris Causa doctorate by the Complutense University of Madrid (1966) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physicist |
Institutions | ETH Zurich University of Göttingen |
Doctoral advisor | Peter Debye |
Doctoral students | Felix Boehm Egon Bretscher Hans Frauenfelder Bernd T. Matthias[1] Julius Adams Stratton Fritz Zwicky |
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