Background
Winkler, Horst Gerhard was born on March 27, 1924 in Leipzig, Germany. Son of Richard Ernst and Adele Franziska (Wania) Winkler.
Winkler, Horst Gerhard was born on March 27, 1924 in Leipzig, Germany. Son of Richard Ernst and Adele Franziska (Wania) Winkler.
Diploma in Physics, Karl Marx University, Leipzig, 1955. Doctor of National Sciences, Karl Marx University, Leipzig, 1960.
Science assistant Institute Physics, Karl Marx U., 1955-1960; assistant science head, lecturer, Karl Marx U., 1960-1967; professor, Karl Marx U., 1967-1971; professor experimental physics, Karl Marx U., 1971-1989; professor emeritus faculty physics, U. Leipzig, since 1989.
With German Infantry, 1942-1946. Member German Physical Society, AMPERE Society.
Married Ingeburg Charlotte Günther, March 3, 1955. Children: Uta, Ulrike.