Ernst Stueckelberg

Details

Instance of

human

Born

1 February 1905

Died

4 September 1984

Place of birth

Basel

Place of death

Geneva

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Ernst, Carl, Gerlach

Family name

Stückelberg

Occupation

theoretical physicist, university teacher, physicist, mathematician

Citizenship

Switzerland

Religion

reformed

Awards

Max Planck Medal, Fellow of the American Physical Society

academic degree

Doctor of Philosophy in Physics

academic thesis

Photographische Bestimmung von Kathodentemperaturen im elektrischen Lichtbogen

archives at

Geneva Library

birth name

Johann Melchior Ernst Karl Gerlach Stückelberg

described by source

Physicists: Biographical Dictionary

doctoral advisor

August Hagenbach

doctoral student

Gregory Wannier, Marcel Guenin, Constantin Piron, André Petermann, Henri Ruegg, Dominique Rivier, Thomas Green, Paul Scheurer, Gérard Wanders, Jean Patry, Pierre Bouvier

educated at

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, University of Basel, Gymnasium am Münsterplatz

employer

University of Zurich, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Princeton University, University of Basel

family

Breidenbach zu Breidenstein

languages spoken, written or signed

French, German

municipal affiliation of a Swiss national

Basel

name

Johann Melchior Ernst Karl Gerlach Stückelberg von Breidenbach zu Breidenstein und Melsbach

notable work

Stueckelberg action, Feynman-Stueckelberg interpretation, Landau–Zener formula

place of burial

Cemetery of Kings

relative

Ernst Stückelberg

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