Gunther von Minnigerode
Gunther von Minnigerode (born October 6, 1929 in Osterode am Harz , † October 31, 1998 in Göttingen ) was a German physicist .
Gunther von Minnigerode came from the Lower Saxon nobility family Minnigerode . After training in agriculture, he studied physics in Göttingen, where he received his doctorate from Rudolf Hilsch in 1959 and qualified as a professor in 1966. In 1967 he was appointed professor to the chair for applied physics in Cologne, in 1972 he returned to the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen as professor for experimental physics and head of the 1st Physics Institute. There he held the two-semester introductory lecture Physics I and II in the tradition and style of his predecessor Robert Wichard Pohl .
The focus of his research was in the field of solid-state physics , in particular in the field of superconductivity of metals and oxides as well as scanning probe microscopy . He was particularly interested in the collection of historical physical devices.
Gunther von Minnigerode had been a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences since 1979 , and its president from 1988 to 1992. From 1985 to 1987 he was Vice President of the Georg-August University in Göttingen. He was a member of the New York Academy of Sciences .
Gunther von Minnigerode passed away a good six months after his retirement. His successor at the chair for experimental physics and head of the 1st Physics Institute was Konrad Samwer .
Web links
- Literature by and about Gunther von Minnigerode in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Minnigerode, Gunther von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Minnigerode, Gunther Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osterode am Harz |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 1998 |
| Place of death | Goettingen |