Vinko Dvořák
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Vinko Dvořák (January 21, 1848 – May 6, 1922) was a
Croatian physicist, professor and academician.[1]
He studied mathematics and physics at the
Faculty of Philosophy
in 1875.
Dvořák made many important discoveries in the field of experimental
Lord Rayleigh.[2]
He was the dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in 1881/82 and again in 1891/92 and the rector of the University of Zagreb in 1893/94.
Professor Dvorak made constant advancements in physics experimentation at the Faculty—in 1896 he obtained a Röntgen radiation device just six months after it was discovered.[3]
He became a member of the
Royal Czech Society of Sciences
in Prague.
Dvořák retired in 1911.
References
- ^ "Vinko Dvořăk", biography, by Ana Smontara, published in Matematičko-fizički list, 2006, from Croatian scientific bibliography
- Popular Science Monthly, at Wikisource
- ^ "Povijest fizičkog odsjeka", Department of Physics, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science
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