Gustav Ludwig Hertz

Gustav Hertz
Gustav Hertz
	Hertz in 1925
Born	22 July 1887; Hamburg, German Empire
Died	30 October 1975 (aged 88); East Berlin, East Germany
Education	Johanneum Gymnasium
Alma mater	University of Berlin (Dr. phil.)
Known for	Franck–Hertz experiment
Spouses	; Ellen Dihlmann (m. 1919; died 1941) ; Charlotte Jollasse (m. 1943)
Children	2, including Carl
Relatives	Gustav Ferdinand Hertz (grandfather); Heinrich Hertz (uncle); Mathilde Hertz (cousin);
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1925); Max Planck Medal (1951); Stalin Prize (1951);
	Scientific career
Fields	Atomic physics
Institutions	University of Berlin (1913–14, 1917–20); Philips (1920–25); University of Halle (1925–28); Technische Hochschule Berlin (1928–34); Siemens (1934–45); Karl Marx University, Leipzig (1954–61);
Thesis	Über das ultrarote Adsorptionsspektrum der Kohlensäure in seiner Abhängigkeit von Druck und Partialdruck (1911)
Doctoral advisor	Heinrich Rubens
Doctoral students	Heinz Pose (1928); Heinz Barwich (1936); Erwin Müller (1936); Wilhelm Walcher (1937);
Other notable students	Werner Hartmann; Fritz Houtermans;

Gustav Ludwig Hertz (German: [ˈɡʊstaf ˈluːtvɪç hɛʁts] ^ⓘ; 22 July 1887 – 30 October 1975) was a German experimental physicist who shared the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics with James Franck "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom".