Career
Julius Wess was born in Oberwölz Stadt, a small town in the Austrian state of Styria. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in Vienna, where he was a student of Hans Thirring. His Doctor of Philosophy examiner was acclaimed quantum mechanics physicist Erwin Schrödinger.
After working in the United States he became a professor at the University of Karlsruhe.
In later life, Wess was professor at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. After his retirement he worked at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron in Hamburg.
Julius Wess died at the age of 72 in Hamburg, following a stroke.