Johannes Harting

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Carl August Johannes "Hans" Harting (born February 15, 1868 in Rummelsburg ; † September 21, 1951 in Jena ) was a German optician and physicist who played a key role in the reconstruction of VEB Carl Zeiss in Jena after 1945 .

origin

His parents were Rendant Carl Frdrich Fides Ferdinand Harting (1826–1910) and his wife Anna Dittmann (1842–1868).

Life

After graduating from high school, Harting studied physics , astronomy and mathematics at the universities in Berlin and Munich and at the Technical University in Munich from 1885 to 1891 . In 1889 he received his doctorate at the University of Munich with investigations into the light change of the star [Beta] Persei . From 1893 to 1897 he worked for the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt in Berlin. Ernst Abbe then brought him to the Zeiss factory in Jena as an assistant. From 1899 to 1907 he was director of the Voigtländer & Sohn optical works in Braunschweig , where he was involved in the development of various photographic lenses.

In 1908 he was appointed to the Reichspatentamt in Berlin as a councilor. Here he had various functions; most recently he was president of this office until 1933. From 1919 to 1934 he was editor of the Central newspaper for optics and mechanics, electrical engineering and related professions . In addition, the German Society for Applied Optics was founded on his initiative in 1923 . He was the first chairman of this society. Harting became a member of the management team at Zeisswerke in Jena in 1934. In 1940 he retired.

In 1945, at the age of 77, he returned to the Carl Zeiss works in Jena and, as the main scientific director, played an important role in the redesign of research and development activities at this plant. In 1949 he was awarded the GDR National Prize, 1st class for science and technology, for his work in the reconstruction of the Zeiss factories after the Second World War and as the “creator of a series of optical systems that are top achievements in the optical industry” . In 1950 he became an honorary member of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin .

family

He married Margarete Hergesell in Berlin in 1895 , a daughter of the pastor Friedrich Hergesell and Elise Worthmann . The couple had a son who died in the war. After the death of his first wife in 1916, he married the teacher Agathe Sohr , a daughter of Dr. phil. Maximilian Sohr and Adele von Negelein widowed von Hobe. The couple had two daughters.

Fonts (selection)

  • Hans Harting: Optical aid book for photographers . Gustav Schmidt, Berlin 1909, p. 180 .
  • Johannes Harting: Optics for Photographers . BiblioBazaar, 2009, ISBN 1-103-21723-2 , pp. 236 (new edition).

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personal data
SURNAME Harting, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harting, Carl August Johannes (full name); Harting, Hans (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German optician and physicist
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Rummelsburg
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 1951
Place of death Jena