Winfried Otto Schumann
Winfried Otto Schumann | |
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Born | Tübingen, Germany | May 20, 1888
Died | September 22, 1974 Munich, Germany | (aged 86)
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
Known for | Schumann resonances |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Brown, Boveri & Cie University of Stuttgart University of Jena Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Technical University of Munich |
Doctoral advisor | Engelbert Arnold |
Doctoral students | Fritz Borgnis |
Winfried Otto Schumann (May 20, 1888 – September 22, 1974) was a German
Biography
Winfried Schumann was born in
In 1920, he was made a professor at the Technical University in Stuttgart, where he had previously been employed as a research assistant. He subsequently took a position as professor of physics at the University of Jena. In 1924, he was made professor and director of the Electrophysical Laboratory at the Technical University of Munich.[5]
He was brought to the United States under Operation Paperclip. During 1947–1948, he worked at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, USA, and then returned to his post in Munich.
The Munich laboratory subsequently became the Electrophysical Institute, where Schumann continued working until retiring from active research in 1961 at the age of 73, though he continued teaching for a further two years.
Patents
- U.S. patent 2,297,256, Tube control, Winfried Otto Schumann, Sep 29, 1942.
References
- ^ "Schumann resonances". Retrieved 2023-07-09.
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- ^ "Winfried Schumann - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
- ^ Biographie, Deutsche. "Schumann, Winfried - Deutsche Biographie". www.deutsche-biographie.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-09.
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