Julius Herweg

August Julius Herweg (born October 17, 1879 in Helmstedt , † January 26, 1936 in Bad Reichenhall ) was a German physicist and university professor.

Life

Herweg passed the Abitur in Helmstedt and studied mathematics and physics in Göttingen, Berlin and Würzburg. In 1905 he received his doctorate from the University of Würzburg with the dissertation "Contributions to the knowledge of ionization by X-ray cathode rays ". phil. In 1907 he completed his habilitation at the University of Greifswald with Gustav Mie with the thesis "On the reduction of the spark potential by irradiating the spark gap with cathode rays". Since 1913 he held the title of professor. From 1914 to 1918 he served in the First World War, first as a regimental adjutant in Stettin , then in the development department for telegraphy . In 1917 he completed his habilitation in Halle. In 1920 he was given a teaching position there for research methods of the latest physics, in 1921 he was appointed a non-official extraordinary professor. In 1923 he became a regular associate professor for high frequency physics, basics of physics and photography at the TH Hannover . At the same time he taught theoretical physics. From 1924 he was head of the Institute for High Frequency Physics he founded , taught wireless telegraphy and telephony and carried out internships for telecommunications technicians and power technicians. In 1929 he was appointed personal full professor and retired in 1935. In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler .

Fonts

• The electron theory , 1908
• Contributions to the knowledge of ionization by X-rays and cathode rays , 1923

literature

• Michael Jung: "Our hearts beat to the Führer with great enthusiasm". The Technical University of Hanover and its professors under National Socialism . BOD, Norderstedt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8482-6451-3

Web links

• Entry on Julius Herweg in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis
• Theoretical Chemistry Project