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Otto Stern

O. Stern

German-American physicist (1888–1969).

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Sex or Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Żory

Country of Citizenship

Germany
United States

Date of Birth

2/17/1888

Date of Death

8/17/1969

Instance Of

Human

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Occupation

Physicist
Chemist
University Teacher

Educated At

University of Wrocław
Johanneum Breslau
Goethe University Frankfurt

Employer

University of Hamburg
University of California, Berkeley
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Rostock
ETH Zurich

Given Name

Otto

Award Received

Nobel Prize in Physics
(1943)
Award Rationale
: for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton
Award Rationale
: för hans bidrag till utveckling av molekylstrålemetoden och upptäckten av protonens magnetiska moment
Point in Time
: 1943
Prize Money
: 123,691 Swedish krona
Honorary Doctor of ETH Zürich

Described by Source

Hamburg Biographies
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Штерн Отто
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Frankfurter Personenlexikon
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
Page(s)
:303

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

German
English

Member Of

Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
American Philosophical Society
(1946 - )
Start Time
: 1946
American Association for the Advancement of Science
National Academy of Sciences
Göttingen Academy of Sciences

Nominated For

19 items
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1925)
Point in Time
: 1925
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1927)
Point in Time
: 1927
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1928)
Point in Time
: 1928
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1929)
Point in Time
: 1929
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1930)
Point in Time
: 1930
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1931)
Point in Time
: 1931
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1932)
Point in Time
: 1932
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1933)
Point in Time
: 1933
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1934)
Point in Time
: 1934
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1935)
Point in Time
: 1935
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1936)
Point in Time
: 1936
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1937)
Point in Time
: 1937
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1938)
Point in Time
: 1938
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1939)
Point in Time
: 1939
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1940)
Point in Time
: 1940
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1941)
Point in Time
: 1941
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1943)
Point in Time
: 1943
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1944)
Point in Time
: 1944
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1945)
Point in Time
: 1945

Field of Work

Physics
Nuclear Physics
Quantum Physics
Physical Chemistry

Place of Death

Berkeley

Ethnic Group

Germans
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Source Known to Be Unreliable

Family Name

Stern

Name in Native Language

Otto Stern

Notable Work

Place of Burial

Sunset View Cemetery

Plaque Image

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Archives At

ETH Zurich University Archives
Inventory Number
:CH-001807-7:Hs 1008

Sibling

Interested In

Physics
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