Joseph Würschmidt

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Joseph Michael August Würschmidt (also José Würschmidt ; born February 5, 1886 in Bayreuth ; † July 6, 1950 in Yerba Buena , Argentina ) was a German physicist .

Life

After studying physics in Munich and Erlangen, he obtained his doctorate in 1909 under Eilhard Wiedemann . From 1911 he worked as a private lecturer, from 1916 as an associate professor at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen . On July 5, 1919, he was appointed a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . Also in 1919 he switched to the Free University of Commerce, Industry and General Education in Nuremberg as a professor . In 1924 he was still an associate professor of physics at the University of Cologne , before following the call of Richard Gans , director of the physical institute at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata , to Argentina and from 1925 director of the physical institute at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán has been. In 1949 he was appointed president of the university before he died on July 6, 1950.

Fonts (selection)

Joseph Würschmidt published 125 publications in both German and Spanish.

  • About discontinuous discharges and the capacity of discharge tubes . Inaugural dissertation to obtain the doctorate of the high philosophical faculty of the Royal Bavarian. Friedrich-Alexanders-Universität Erlangen presented by Joseph Würschmidt from Bayreuth. KB Hof- und Univ.-Buchdruckerei von Junge & Sohn, Erlangen 1909 (49 pages).
  • Theory of the demagnetization factor and the shear of magnetization curves . In: Collection Vieweg . Daily questions from the fields of natural sciences and technology. Booklet 78. Vieweg, Braunschweig 1925 (118 pages).

literature

  • Enrique Gaviola , Guido Beck : José Würschmidt . In: Revista de la Unión Matemática Argentina . Organo de la Asociación Física Argentina. Volume XI, Número 4, 1946, p. 158–160 (Spanish, edu.ar [PDF; accessed September 12, 2016]).
  • Guido Beck: José Würschmidt † . In: Revista de la Unión Matemática Argentina . Organo de la Asociación Física Argentina. Volume XV, Número 2, 1951, p. 53–61 (Spanish, edu.ar [PDF; accessed September 12, 2016]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Member entry by Joseph Würschmidt at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on September 13, 2016.


personal data
SURNAME Würschmidt, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Würschmidt, Joseph Michael August (full name); Würschmidt, José (Spanish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Bayreuth , Germany
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1950
Place of death Yerba Buena , Argentina