The Nobel Prize in Physics 1926
Awarded on: 1926-11-11
"for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom"
Affiliations:
- Goettingen University – Göttingen, Germany
James Franck
Born: 1882-08-26 in Hamburg, Germany
Gender: male
Field: German-American chemist and physicist (1882–1964)
Biography
James Franck was a German-American chemist and physicist who received the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gustav Hertz "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom". He completed his doctorate in 1906 and his habilitation in 1911 at the Frederick William University in Berlin, where he lectured and taught until 1918, having reached the position of professor extraordinarius. He served as a volunteer in the German Army during World War I. He was seriously injured in 1917 in a gas attack and was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class.