Hermann Ebert (physicist, 1861)

Hermann Ebert (born June 20, 1861 in Leipzig , † February 12, 1913 in Munich ) was a German experimental physicist . He should not be confused with the physicist Hermann Ebert (1896–1983) of the same name .

Life

Ebert was born in Leipzig in 1861 as the son of a businessman. He attended the Thomas School in Leipzig .

From 1881 he studied mathematics and natural sciences ( astronomy with Heinrich Bruns and physics with Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann ) at the University of Leipzig . He moved to the Technical University of Darmstadt and the University of Erlangen and was 1886 at Eilhard Wiedemann with the thesis about the dependence of the wavelength of the light on the intensity of the Dr. phil. PhD. He completed his habilitation in 1890 at the University of Erlangen on the methods of spectral analysis.

He then went on study trips and in 1894 became associate professor for theoretical physics at the University of Leipzig (first) and full professor for experimental physics at Kiel University . In 1898 he went to the Technical University of Munich as a full professor and founded the Faculty of Technical Physics with Carl von Linde .

From 1898 to 1912 he was a member of the German Physical Society .

science

Hermann Ebert made contributions to spectroscopy and magnetism . He also worked on electrical gas discharges and electrical phenomena in the atmosphere and constructed an interferential spectrometer in 1888.

The Ebert Fastie spectrometer is named after him and the astrophysicist William G. Fastie (Baltimore). It is a further development of the Brewer spectrometer by William Brewer (Berlin).

family

He was married to the daughter of the surgery professor Gustav Adolf Mitscherlich .

Fonts (selection)

• ed. by Curt Heinke: Magnetic Force Fields. The phenomena of magnetism, electromagnetism and induction presented on the basis of the concept of lines of force. Extended edition, JA Barth, Leipzig 1904.
• ed. by Curt Heinke: Textbook of Physics. After lectures at the Technical University of Munich. 2 volumes, reprint of the 2nd edition, De Gruyter, Berlin 1920/23.
• with Eilhard Wiedemann / Arthur Wehnelt : physical internship. 6th edition, Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig 1924.
• with Friedrich Hauser: Instructions for glass blowing. 6th edition, JA Barth, Leipzig 1926.

Awards and memberships

• 1889: Member of the physics section of the Leopoldina
• 1899: Associate member of the mathematical and physical class of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
• 1903: Full member of the mathematical-physical class of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
• 1908: Order of the Crown III. class
• 1912: Appointed Privy Councilor

Further:

• Member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen
• Member of the Physico-Medical Society in Erlangen
• Honorary member of the Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève
• Landwehr service award II class

literature

• Walther Gerlach :  Ebert, Hermann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 256 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

• Literature from and about literature from in the catalog of the German National Library
• Member entry by Hermann Ebert (with a link to an obituary by Arnold Sommerfeld ) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on January 29, 2017.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Biographical communications. In: Leopoldina. Official organ of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists 49 (1913), p. 38.
2. ↑ The members of the German Physical Society in the first 100 years of its existence 1845–1945 ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.5 MB)