Leander Ditscheiner

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Leander Ditscheiner, painting by Wenzel Ottokar Noltsch

Leander Ditscheiner (born January 4, 1839 in Vienna ; † February 1, 1905 there ) was an Austrian physicist .

Life

His inclination towards crystallography was already evident during his high school days at the Schottenfelder Realschule . From 1856 to 1861 Ditscheiner attended the Vienna University of Technology . During this time he published his first scientific work in 1857, before he enrolled at the University of Vienna in 1862 and then at the University of Heidelberg in 1864 . Just one year later, Ditscheiner completed his habilitation as a private lecturer in mathematical physics and crystallography at the Technical University in Vienna. Ditscheiner was elected rector of the technical university in 1889 . At the same time he taught color theory and color chemistry at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . His work in the fields of optics and electricity are particularly pioneering in physical research. For his important publication "On the path difference and the intensity ratio of the rays that polarize parallel and perpendicular to the plane of incidence when reflecting on glass grids", published in 1871 in the meeting reports of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna , he received the important Ignaz L. Lieben -Price . As an award for his important research results, Ditscheiner was elected a corresponding member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna in 1880. In 1891 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . Ditscheiner died in 1905 after a long period of severe suffering. The name of the Ditscheinergasse in Wien-Landstrasse still reminds us today of this important scientist and his services to physical research.

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personal data
SURNAME Ditscheiner, Leander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian physicist
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1905
Place of death Vienna