Franz Richarz (physicist)

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Franz Joseph Matthias Richarz (born October 15, 1860 in Endenich ; † June 10, 1920 in Marburg ) was a German physicist and university professor .

Franz Richarz studied physics first at the University of Bonn and then at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin , where he received his doctorate in 1884 under Hermann von Helmholtz . During his studies in 1878 he became a member of the Alemannia Bonn fraternity .

Richarz was then a private lecturer at the University of Bonn. In 1895 he succeeded Anton Oberbeck at the University of Greifswald as a full professor and director of the Physics Institute. From 1901 until his death he was the first director of the Physics Institute at the University of Marburg .

Richarz became known for the exact determination of the value of the gravitational constant , which he carried out together with Otto Krigar-Menzel in the casemates of the Spandau fortress . In 1907 he was accepted into the physics section of the Leopoldina .

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  1. ↑ a b c Walter Schallreuter: The history of the physical institute of the University of Greifswald. In: Festschrift for the 500th anniversary of the University of Greifswald. Volume 2. Greifswald 1956, p. 459 f.
  2. ↑ see Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAMR), Best. 915 No. 5715, p. 352 ( digitized version ).
  3. ^ Directory of the old men of the German fraternity. Überlingen am Bodensee 1920, p. 271.
  4. ↑ A Brief History of Physics in Greifswald (2014) .
  5. ^ Member entry of Franz Richarz at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on August 10, 2015.
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SURNAME Richarz, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richarz, Franz Joseph Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Endeich
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1920
Place of death Marburg