Rudolf Ladenburg

Rudolf Ladenburg
Rudolf Ladenburg
	Ladenburg in 1937
Born	Rudolf Walter Ladenburg; 6 June 1882; Kiel, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	6 April 1952 (aged 69); Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Munich (Dr. phil.)
Title	Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics (1930–50)
Spouse	Else Uhthoff (m. 1911)
Children	3
Father	Albert Ladenburg
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Breslau (1906–24); University of Berlin (1924–30); Princeton University (1930–50);
Thesis	Über die innere Reibung zäher Flüssigkeiten und ihre Abhängigkeit vom Druck (1906)
Doctoral advisor	Wilhelm Röntgen
Doctoral students	Henry Barschall (1940); John Winckler (1946);

Rudolf Walter Ladenburg (6 June 1882 – 6 April 1952) was a German physicist. When the wave of German emigration began in 1933, he was the principal coordinator for job placement of exiled physicists in the United States. Albert Einstein gave the eulogy at Rudolf's funeral.