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Walther Bothe

physicist

Walther Bothe, German physicist. Recipient Order Pour le Merite, peace class, 1952, Planck medal, 1953, Nobel prize in physics (with Max Born), 1954, Grosses Verdienstkeuz Bundesrepublik, 1954. Member academies of Heidelberg, Goettingen, Leipiz, Berlin.

Background

Bothe, Walther was born on January 8, 1891 in Oranienburg, Germany. Son of Fredrich and Charlotte (Hartung) Bothe.

Education

Doctor.phil., U. Berlin, 1914.

Career

; children—Elena (Mistress Oswald Riedel), Johanna. Lecturer U. Berlin, 1926-1929, assistant professor, 1929-1930. Professor of University Giessen, 1930-1932.

Professor of University Heidelberg, since 1932.

Director Physics Institute, Max Planck Institute Medical Research, Heidelberg, since 1934.

Achievements

  • Walther Bothe has been listed as a noteworthy physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

All works

Membership

Member academies of Heidelberg, Goettingen, Leipiz, Berlin.

Connections

Married Barbara Below, July 6, 1920 (deceased. Children: Elena (Mistress Oswald Riedel), Johanna.

Father:
Fredrich Bothe

Mother:
Charlotte (Hartung) Bothe

Spouse:
Barbara Below

child:
Elena Bothe (Mistress Oswald Riedel)

child:
Johanna Bothe

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Official Titles

  • Regierungsrat, professor, knight

Awards

  • Recipient Order Pour le Merite, peace class, 1952, Planck medal, 1953, Nobel prize in physics (with Max Born), 1954, Grosses Verdienstkeuz Bundesrepublik, 1954.