Arnold Berliner
Arnold Berliner (born December 26, 1862 on Gut Mittelneuland near Neisse , † March 22, 1942 in Berlin ) was a German physicist .
Life
Arnold Berliner studied physics at the University of Breslau . In 1886 he received his doctorate with the thesis on Molecularrefraction of organic liquids .
He was employed by AEG and then became editor of the journal Die Naturwissenschaften , which gave him a prominent position in physics in Germany. He was also the editor of the Physical Dictionary (1924, 2nd edition 1932) together with Karl Scheel . Berliner was culturally and artistically interested in many different ways and was close friends with Gustav Mahler, among others
Because of his Jewish descent, Berliner was forced by the publishing house in 1935 to give up editing the natural sciences . He did not succeed in emigrating . He was deported in March 1942, at the age of 79, by suicide . He was buried in the Heerstraße cemetery in today's Berlin-Westend district . His sister Fanny Berliner (1861–1931) rests at his side.
By resolution of the Berlin Senate , the last resting place of Arnold Berliner in the Heerstraße cemetery (grave location: 18-F-12) has been dedicated as an honorary grave of the State of Berlin since 1980 . The dedication was extended in 2001 by the usual period of twenty years.
Works
- Physics textbook in elementary representation , 5th edition 1934
literature
- Max von Laue: Berliner, Arnold. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 99 ( digitized version ).
- Biographical encyclopedia of German-speaking natural scientists. Munich: Saur, 2003.
- Ute Deichmann : Escape, join in, forget - chemists and biochemists in the Nazi era. Wiley-VCH, 2001.
- Hansjochem Autrum : Arnold Berliner and the "natural sciences". For the 75th year , in: Naturwissenschaften 75, pp. 1-4 (1988)
- Helmut Brenner , Reinhold Kubik : Mahler's people. Friends and companions. St. Pölten - Salzburg - Vienna 2014, especially pp. 42–48, ISBN 978-3-7017-3322-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Arnold Berliner in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ W. His: Arnold Berliner on his seventieth birthday, in: Klinische Wochenschrift, December 24, 1932
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 . P. 483.
- ↑ Senate Department for Environment, Transport and Climate Protection: Honorary Graves of the State of Berlin (Status: November 2018) (PDF, 413 kB), p. 6. Accessed on November 19, 2019. Submission - for information - about the recognition and further preservation of graves Well-known and deserving personalities as honorary graves in Berlin (PDF, 158 kB). Berlin House of Representatives, printed matter 14/1607 of November 1, 2001, p. 3. Accessed on November 19, 2019.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Berliner, Arnold |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1862 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Good medium-new land near Neisse |
DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1942 |
Place of death | Berlin |