Katharina Boll-Dornberger
Katharina Boll-Dornberger (2 November 1909 – 27 July 1981), also known as Käte Dornberger-Schiff, was an Austrian-German physicist and crystallographer.[1][2] She is known for her work on order-disorder structures.[1][3][4][5][6]
Life
Katharina Boll-Dornberger was born in Vienna in 1909 as the daughter of the university professor
Humboldt University.[7] In 1958, the Institut für Strukturforschung was created and she was head of the institute until 1968.[7] She died in 1981 in Berlin.[7]
Research
Her research focused on the crystallographic investigation of
structure determination of organic and inorganic crystals, methods development in single-crystal diffraction, and the development of equipment for this purpose.[1]
Awards
For her work in crystallography, she was awarded two national awards by the
German Democratic Republic
:
- Patriotic Order of Merit in 1959[11][9]
- National Prize of the German Democratic Republic in 1960[12][9]
A street in Berlin is named after her.[9]
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e f Steinike, U. (2002). "Katharina Boll-Dornberger geb. Schiff" (PDF). Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kristallographie (in German). 24: 62–75.
- ^ "Boll-Dornberger, Katharina" (in German). 2018-12-12.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h Biography Humboldt University. Retrieved in October 2018.
- ^ a b c d Exhibition Humbold University. Retrieved in October 2018.
- ^ OCLC 1037980301.
- ISBN 3-83534527-3. (371 pages)
- ^ "Hohe Auszeichnungen verliehen". Berliner Zeitung (in German). 1959-11-12. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
- ^ "Mit Nationalpreis 1960 geehrt". Neues Deutschland (in German). 1960-10-07. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
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