Background
Meissner, Karl Wilhelm was born on December 15, 1891 in Reutlingen, Germany. Son of Karl Emil and Ottilie (Plankenhorn) Meissner.
Meissner, Karl Wilhelm was born on December 15, 1891 in Reutlingen, Germany. Son of Karl Emil and Ottilie (Plankenhorn) Meissner.
Student Gymnasium Reutlingen, 1808-1910. Doctor rerum naturalium U. Tnebingen, 1915. Student of University Munich, 1912.
Came to the United States, 1938, naturalized, 1943. Privat dozent, U. Zurich, 1919-1925. Professor physics. U. Frankfurt Main, 1925-1937.
Head department physics, 1931-1937.
Assistant professor physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1938-1941. Professor physics, Purdue University, since 1941.
Member American Physical Society, Optical Society American, Sigma Xi. Researcher in spectroscopy and atomic physics.
Married Ita B. Kohn, September 27, 1919 (died July 9, 1939).