Gerhard herzberg biography
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Gerhard Herzberg
German-Canadian physicist and physical chemist (1904–1999)
The Honourable Gerhard Herzberg PC CC FRSC FRS | |
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Gerhard Herzberg, London 1952 | |
| Born | Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg December 25, 1904 Hamburg, Imperial Germany |
| Died | March 3, 1999(1999-03-03) (aged 94) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | German |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Technische Universität Darmstadt |
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| Fields | physical chemist |
| Institutions | Carleton University, National Research Council of Canada, University of Saskatchewan, University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Hans Rau [de] |
| Doctoral students | Takeshi Oka |
Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg, PC CC FRSC FRS[1] (German:[ˈɡeːɐ̯.haʁtˈhɛʁt͡sˌbɛʁk]ⓘ; månad 25, 1904 – March 3, 1999) was a German-Canadian pioneering physicist and physical chemist, who won the Nobel
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Gerhard Herzberg
Gerhard Herzberg was born in Hamburg, Germany, on December 25, 1904. He received his early training in Hamburg and subsequently studied physics at the Darmstadt Institute of Technology where, in 1928, he obtained his Dr. Ing. degree. For the next two years he did post-doctoral work at the University of Göttingen and the University of Bristol. In 1930, he was appointed lecturer and senior assistant in the Physics Department of the Darmstadt Institute of Technology.
In August 1935, Herzberg was forced to leave Germany as a refugee and took up a guest professorship at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. A few months later he was appointed research professor of physics, a position he held until 1945. From 1945 to 1948 Herzberg was professor of spectroscopy at the Yerkes Observatory at the University of Chicago. He returned to Canada in 1948 and was made principal research officer and shortly afterwards director of the Division of Physics at the Nation
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Introducing Gerhard Herzberg
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By Denisa Popa
This article is also posted on the Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association blog.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of German-Canadian scientist Dr. Gerhard Herzberg’s Nobel Prize Award in Chemistry. The prize was awarded in recognition of “his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals.” (NSERC) In celebration of this anniversary, Defining Moments Canada, in collaboration with Heritage Canada, the National Research Council of Canada, University of Saskatchewan, and ESRI Canada, is currently planning a national commemorative project: Herzberg50.
Dr. Gerhard Herzberg
Gerhard Herzberg was born in Hamburg, Germany on December 25th, 1904. From an early age Herzberg developed a keen interest in the sciences, particularly astrono