Karl Stoeckl

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Karl Stöckl (born November 16, 1873 in Eichstätt ; † March 19, 1959 in Regensburg ) was a German physicist and professor at the Philosophical-Theological University of Regensburg .

Professor Doctor Karl Stoeckl

Life

From 1892 Stöckl studied mathematics and physics in Munich for teaching at the grammar school and then received his doctorate there in 1900. At the University of Tübingen he became an assistant at the Physics Institute and adjunct at the Meteorological Station of the University of Munich. In 1904 he was appointed professor of mathematics, physics and astronomy at the Passau Lyceum , and from 1919 to 1936 he was transferred to the Philosophical-Theological College in Regensburg. From 1920 onwards the observatory there was used as the Regensburg public observatory . Stöckl wrote many popular scientific publications, but presented less independent research. In 1930 he devoted himself particularly to the Festschrifton the 300th anniversary of the death of Johannes Kepler .

Stöckl received the Citizen Prize (Lamont Prize) of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . He received the Albertus Magnus Medal from the city of Regensburg in 1953 . During World War I he served as a captain in the Bavarian War Ministry and received the Iron Cross 2nd class . In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler .

Fonts

  • Measurements on the dispersion and absorption of solutions of abnormally refractive substances up to large dilutions , 1900 (= dissertation)
  • Geomagnetic measurements in the Bavarian Forest, 1908-1913 , Munich 1922
  • Translator: Robert Andrews Millikan : The electron. Its isolation and measurement; Determination of some of its properties , Vieweg, Braunschweig 1922
  • Johannes Kepler - In memory of the anniversary of his death 300 years ago (November 16, 1630) . Special print from "Natur und Kultur", monthly for natural science and its border areas - 27th year, issue 12.
  • Astronomy and physics in old Regensburg , L. Ellwanger 1940

literature

  • obituary
  • Rühmkorff, Roentgen, Regensburg. Historical instruments for gas discharge. A seminar project at the Chair for the History of Science at the University of Regensburg , Regensburg 1997 online
  • Bernhard Heß: The natural sciences at the Philosophical-Theological University of Regensburg in the 19th and 20th centuries , in: Scientific research in Regensburg's history, ed. by Josef Barthel (series of publications by the University of Regensburg, vol. 4), Regensburg 1980, pp. 145–171

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personal data
SURNAME Stoeckl, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Eichstatt
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1959
Place of death regensburg