Sponer, Hertha (1895–1968)
Sponer, Hertha (1895–1968)
German physicist. Born 1895 in Germany; died 1968; University of Göttingen, PhD, 1920; m. James Franck (physicist), 1946.
Investigated quantum mechanics as well as its application to atomic and molecular physics; worked as an assistant at the Physics Institute in Göttingen (1921–25); at University of Göttingen, taught and researched (1925–32) and worked as a physics professor (1932–34); was a visiting professor at University of Oslo (1934–36), and professor at Duke University (1936–66); worked with M. Bruch-Willstater on the lattice energy of carbon dioxide; elected a fellow of New York Academy of Sciences, Optical Society of America and American Physical Society.
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