List of well-known personalities at the TU Braunschweig
The list of well-known personalities of the TU Braunschweig gives an overview of well-known former and current teachers, students and people who have been employed at the Technical University of Braunschweig (TU Braunschweig) or are otherwise connected to it. The list also includes members of the previous institutions and institutions that merged with the TU or one of its predecessor institutions. The teaching institutions are the Collegium Carolinum , the Technical University of Braunschweig (TH), the Technical University of Braunschweig, the Bernhard Rust University for Teacher Training and the University of Education Braunschweig (PH).
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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Wilhelm Alff (1918–1992) |
German political scientist | Professor of Political Science and Political Education |
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Ernst Amme (1863–1930) |
Industrialist | Honorary doctorate from TH |
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Anthony Joseph Arduengo III. (* 1952) |
American chemist known for stable carbenes | Guest lecturer at the Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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Volker Bach (* 1965) |
mathematical physicist and mathematician | Professor of Applied Analysis |
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Ewald Banse (1883–1953) |
German geographer, Pan-Germanist hobby historian and writer | Honorary Professor of Geography |
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Heiner Bartling (* 1946) |
German educator and SPD politician, Lower Saxony interior minister | Study of political science and business education |
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Horst von Bassewitz (* 1932) |
German architect | Education |
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Gerhard Wilhelm Becker (1967–2012) |
German physicist | President of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) |
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Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853–1923) |
German chemist, discoverer of the Beckmann rearrangement and developer of the Beckmann thermometer | Habilitation |
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Klaus J. Beckmann (* 1948) |
City and traffic planner, university professor | Study of civil engineering and doctorate |
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Heinrich Beckurts (1855–1929) |
German pharmacist and chemist | Professor of Pharmaceutical and Applied Chemistry, Rector of the TH and Honorary Senator |
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Moritz Beyer (1807-1854) |
Agronomist | Professor of Agriculture at the Collegium Carolinum |
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Dieter Biallas (1936-2016) |
German mathematician | |
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Johann Heinrich Blasius (1809–1870) |
German zoologist and founder of the Braunschweig Botanical Garden | Professor of Natural History |
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Matthias Bode (* 1967) |
German physicist | Education |
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Manfred Bodin (* 1939) |
Former CEO of Norddeutsche Landesbank | Honorary doctorate from the TU (1996) |
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Fauzi Bowo (* 1948) |
Governor of Jakarta | Study of architecture |
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Wilhelm Bracke (1842–1880) |
German social democrat, publisher and publicist | Studied at the Collegium Carolinum |
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Dietmar Brandes (* 1948) |
German botanist and librarian | Professor and Director of the University Library |
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Wolfgang Brezinka (1928-2020) |
German-Austrian educationalist | Honorary doctorate from the TU (2001) |
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Adolf Busemann (1901–1986) |
German aerodynamicist | Study of mechanical engineering and doctorate at the TH Braunschweig |
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Heinrich Büssing (1843–1929) |
German inventor and entrepreneur, founder of Büssing AG | Honorary doctorate (Dr. Ing. E. H.) |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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August Claas (1887–1982) |
German entrepreneur, co-founder of Claas | Study of mechanical engineering and doctorate |
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Albrecht Heinrich Carl Conradi (1698 or 1699–1774) |
Cartographer in Braunschweig | University professor at the Collegium Carolinum |
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Erwin Conradi (* 1935) |
Manager in the retail sector, head of Metro AG | Honorary doctorate (Dr. rer. Pol. Hc) |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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Ute Daniel (* 1953) |
German historian | Professor for the history of the 19th and 20th centuries Century and early modern times |
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Richard Dedekind (1831-1916) |
German mathematician, several mathematical terms are named after him (e.g. Dedekind's cuts, the Dedekind rings) | Studied mathematics at the Collegium Carolinum, director of the Collegium Carolinum (1872–1875), professor of mathematics at the TH Braunschweig |
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Hermann Dießelhorst (1870–1961) |
German physicist | full professor at the Technical University of Braunschweig |
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Karl Heinrich Doetsch (1910-2003) |
German engineer | Director of the Institute for Flight Guidance (1961–1980) |
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Paul Dorn (1901-1959) |
German geologist | Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, 1952–1956 Rector of the TH Braunschweig |
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Bernhard Dräsecke (1774–1849) |
German, Protestant theologian, general superintendent and bishop | Visit to the Collegium Carolinums |
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Carl Georg Oscar Drude (1852-1933) |
German botanist and co-founder of plant ecology as a scientific discipline | Studied natural sciences and chemistry at the Collegium Carolinum |
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Wolf-Walther du Mont (* 1945) |
German chemist | Professor of Inorganic Chemistry |
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Hermann Dürre (1819-1893) |
historian | Lecturer at the Collegium Carolinum |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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Johann Arnold Ebert (1723–1795) |
German writer, literary historian and university professor | full professor at the Collegium Carolinum |
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Matthias Epple (* 1966) |
German chemist | Study of chemistry, doctorate (Dr. rer. Nat.) |
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Heiner Erke (1939-2007) |
psychologist | Professor at the TU |
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Johann Joachim Eschenburg (1743-1820) |
German literary historian and university professor | associate professor, professor of fine literature and philosophy |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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Kristin Feireiss (* 1942) |
Exhibition curator and architecture critic | Honorary doctorate from the TU |
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Johann Andreas Fabricius (1696–1769) |
German teacher and scholar of linguistics | Professor of Philosophy at the Collegium Carolinum |
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August Fink (1890–1963) |
Art historian | Professor at the TH Braunschweig |
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Herbert Freundlich (1880–1941) |
German chemist, basic researcher in colloid chemistry | professor |
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Robert Fricke (1861–1930) |
German mathematician | Professor of higher mathematics from 1894 |
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Kurt Friedrichs (1901–1982) |
German mathematician | Professor and honorary doctor of the TH |
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Karl Fries (1875–1962) |
German chemist, namesake of the Fries rearrangement | Professor and Head of the Chemical Institute |
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Wolfgang Fritz (* 1951) |
German economist | Professor of Business Administration |
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Edmund Frohne (1891–1971) |
German transport scientist and politician, President of the Deutsche Bundesbahn | Honorary professor at the TH Braunschweig |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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Karl Christian Gärtner (1712–1791) |
German writer | Professor of oratory and ethics at the Collegium Carolinum, one of whose first lecturers he was |
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Günther Garbrecht (1925-2019) |
Civil engineer, civil engineering historian and university professor. | Professor; Chair of water, river, canal and dam construction |
| Ludwig de Gasc | Friend of Lessing | Professor of German Literature and the French Language |
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Johann Gustav Gassner (1881–1955) |
German botanist, President of the German Botanical Society | Professor of Botany, Rector of the TH Braunschweig, Honorary Senator |
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Carl Friedrich Gauß (1777–1855) |
German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist and physicist | Studied at the Collegium Carolinum |
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Gerhard Gerlich (1942–2014) |
German physicist | Professor of Mathematical Physics |
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Theodor Geiger (1891–1952) |
German sociologist and a pioneering writer on social stratification | first professor of sociology |
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Meinhard von Gerkan (* 1935) |
German architect | Study of architecture, professor of building design (building theory and design) |
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Erich Giese (* 1876 – after 1945) |
Transport scientist | Professor at the TH Braunschweig |
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Berthold Gockell (1927-2006) |
German architect | Full professor for technical construction, dean of the faculty for construction |
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Werner Goebel (* 1939) |
German microbiologist | Professor of Biochemistry |
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Johannes Göderitz (1888–1978) |
German architect and urban planner | Honorary professor at the Technical University of Braunschweig for regional planning, urban development and housing |
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Hermann von Görtz-Wrisberg (1819–1889) |
German lawyer, finance expert, politician and Braunschweig State Minister | Visit to the Collegium Carolinums |
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Johann Götschl (* 1939) |
Austrian philosopher and philosophy of science | Visiting professor |
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Martin Gosebruch (1919–1992) |
Art historian | Professor, founder and long-time director of the Art History Institute |
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Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst (1777-1857) |
German zoologist | Visit to the Collegium Carolinums |
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Jörg Grunenberg (1967) |
Chemist | Professor of Computational Chemistry |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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Lothar Hagebölling (* 1952) |
top German civil servant | PhD, Hon.-Prof. |
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Theodora Hantos (* 1945) |
Hungarian-German ancient historian, rector of the University of Siegen | Professor, habilitation |
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Egbert Harbert (1882–1968) |
German geodesist | professor |
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Heiko Harborth (* 1938) |
mathematician | Professor at the Technical University of Braunschweig |
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Hans-Heinrich Harms (* 1947) |
Retired Head of the Institute for Agricultural Machinery and Fluid Technology | professor |
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Kurt Hassebrauk (1901–1983) |
Study of pharmacy at the Technical University of Braunschweig | Professor, Phytomedicist |
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Konrad Hecht (1918–1980) |
Building researcher and architectural historian | Professor at the TH Braunschweig |
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Reinhold Heidecke (1881–1960) |
Co-founder of the camera manufacturer Rollei | Honorary doctorate |
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Ernst Wilhelm Heine (* 1940) |
German architect and writer | Studied architecture and urban planning |
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Konrad Henkel (1915–1999) |
German industrialist, head of the Henkel group and chemist | Study of chemistry at the technical university |
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Walter Henn (1912-2006) |
German architect and civil engineer | Professor of Industrial Construction |
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Georg Herting (1872–1951) |
German sculptor | Teacher for ornament and figure modeling |
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Richard Heß (1937-2017) |
German artist | Assistant to Professor Jürgen Weber at the Faculty of Architecture |
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Jürgen Hesselbach (* 1949) |
machine builders | President of the TU Braunschweig from 2005 to 2017 |
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Jakob Hofmann (1876–1955) |
German sculptor | Professor of life drawing and modeling |
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Henning Hopf (* 1940) |
German chemist | Professor of Organic Chemistry |
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August Horch (1868–1951) |
German mechanical engineer and founder of the automotive companies Horch and Audi | Honorary doctorate from the TH Braunschweig |
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Horst Horrmann (* 1941) |
Politician, Lower Saxony Minister of Education | Studies for higher teaching qualifications |
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Georg Ferdinand Howaldt (1802-1883) |
German goldsmith, sculptor and ore caster | Professor at the Collegium Carolinum |
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Otto Hummel (1892–1980) |
Business economist | Honorary professor at the TH Braunschweig |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
|---|---|---|
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Hans Herloff Inhoffen (1906–1992) |
German chemist, rector of the TH Braunschweig | Professor of Organic Chemistry |
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Dieter Jahn (* 1959) |
German biochemist and microbiologist | Professor of Microbiology |
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Friedrich Jarchow (1926–2011) |
Study of mechanical engineering at the TH | Professor at the Chair for Machine Elements, Gears and Motor Vehicles at the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) |
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Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Jerusalem (1709–1789) |
German Protestant theologian | Initiator and co-founder of the Collegium Carolinum, founded in 1745 |
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Brigitte Jockusch (* 1939) |
German cell biologist | Professor of Zoology |
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Max Jüdel (1845-1910) |
German industrialist | Honorary doctorate from the TH Braunschweig |
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Eduard Justi (1904–1986) |
Pioneer of fuel cell and solar technology | Founder and head of the Institute for Applied Physics 1946–1974 |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
|---|---|---|
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Henning Kagermann (* 1947) |
German physicist and manager, CEO of SAP AG | Doctorate, habilitation and adjunct professor for theoretical physics |
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Nicole C. Karafyllis (* 1970) |
German-Greek philosopher and biologist | Professor of Philosophy |
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Charles I (1713–1780) |
Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Prince of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern | Founder of the Collegium Carolinums |
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Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla (* 1966) |
Materials scientist and mechanical engineer | President of the TU Braunschweig |
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Bernhard Kiekenap (* 1930) |
Manager and historian, honorary professor at the University of Hanover | Honorary doctorate from the TU Braunschweig |
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Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann alias Bonaventura (1777–1831) |
German romantic writer ( night watch ) | Education at the Collegium Carolinum |
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Klaus von Klitzing (* 1943) |
German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics 1985 | Study of physics |
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Julius Konegen (1857-1916) |
Industrialist | Honorary doctorate from TH |
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Heinrich Koppe (1891–1963) |
Flight meteorologist | Professor at the TH |
| Hans-Joachim Kowalsky | German mathematician, author of a well-known textbook on linear algebra | Professor at the TH |
| Wolfgang Kowalsky | German physicist, Leibniz Prize winner 2002 | professor |
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Friedrich Wilhelm Kraemer (1907–1990) |
German architect | Professor of building theory and design |
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Jürgen Krahl (* 1962) |
Chemist, President of the Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences | Study of chemistry |
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Wolfgang Krebs (1933–1981) |
German geologist | Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences |
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James Krüss (1926–1997) |
German poet and writer | Studied at the Bernhard Rust University |
| Bernd-Olaf Küppers | Biophysicist | Doctorate with Manfred Eigen |
| Lars Krückeberg | architect | Studies, co-founder of the Graft Society of Architects |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
|---|---|---|
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Bernd-Peter Lange (English studies) (* 1943) |
Anglicist | professor |
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Karl Lange (historian) (1893–1983) |
historian | extraordinary professor |
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Kurt Lange (engineer) (1919–2009) |
machine builders | college student |
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Rudolf Lange (journalist) (1914-2007) |
journalist | college student |
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Julius de Lattin (19th / 20th century) |
Belgian-Flemish architect | French language lecturer in the cultural studies department, dismissed in 1933 |
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Gustav Adolf Lehmann (* 1942) |
Professor of Ancient History | Scientific advice and professor at the TU Braunschweig |
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Louis le Roy (1924-2012) |
Dutch architect and "eco pioneer" | Honorary professor for ecology and experimental environmental design in the architecture course |
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Adolf Ledebur (1837–1906) |
German metallurgist and the discoverer of the Ledeburit | Studied at the Collegium Carolinum |
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Manfred Lehmbruck (1913–1992) |
German architect | professorship |
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Friedrich Lenz (1885–1968) |
German economist | University professor at the TH |
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Ludwig Leichtweiß (1878–1958) |
Hydraulic engineer and university professor | Professor; Chair of water, river, canal and dam construction |
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Christian Thomas Lipski (* 1981) |
Computer scientist | Inventor of the virtual video camera |
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Fred Jochen Litterst (* 1945) |
physicist | President of the TU Braunschweig from 1999 to 2004 |
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Erich Walter Lotz (1895–1966) |
City Director | Honorary Senator and Honorary Doctor |
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Otto Lutz (1906–1974) |
Engineer and entrepreneur | Professor; Chair for machine elements and conveyor technology |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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Erwin Otto Marx (1893–1980) |
Engineering scientist | Professor, Rector of the TH Braunschweig |
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Margarita Mathiopoulos (* 1956) |
Entrepreneur and political scientist | Honorary Professor of US Foreign Policy and International Security |
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Eduard Maurer (1886–1969) |
German chemist and metallurgist, developed the V2A steel | Study of chemistry at the technical university |
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Florian Mausbach (* 1944) |
President of the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning | Study of architecture |
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Pavel Mayer (* 1965) |
Pirate Party politician | Study of computer science |
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Paul Mebes (1872-1938) |
German architect, architectural theorist and university professor | Degree in architecture, honorary doctorate |
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Franz Meier (1958-2011) |
Anglicist | Professor at the English Department |
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Helmut Meier (1897–1973) |
Germanist | Lecturer at the Kant University for Teacher Training in Braunschweig |
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Paul Jonas Meier (1857-1946) |
Archaeologist, director of the Ducal Museum | Professor of Art History |
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Ulrich Menzel (* 1947) |
German political scientist | Professor of International Relations and Comparative Government |
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Fritz-Juergen Meyer (1891–1968) |
German botanist | Professor of cultural-technical botany |
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Reinhard Meyer (* 1959) |
Study of political science and history | State Secretary |
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Peter Michelsen (1923-2008) |
Germanist | professor |
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) |
architect | Honorary doctorate |
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Dietrich Möller (1927-2015) |
German geodesic and its applications | Professor of Geodesy |
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Willy Moog (1888-1935) |
German philosopher and reform pedagogue | Professor of Philosophy, Education and Psychology |
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Carl Mühlenpfordt (1878–1944) |
German architect and urban planner | Professor of Architecture |
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Elisabeth Müller-Luckmann (1920–2012) |
German psychologist | Professor of Psychology |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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Friedrich Wilhelm Neuffer (1882–1960) |
German civil engineer and scientist | Honorary doctorate (Dr.-Ing.E. h.) |
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Heinrich Nordhoff (1899–1968) |
VW General Director or CEO | Honorary doctorate (Dr.-Ing. E. h.) And honorary professor |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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Dieter Oesterlen (1911–1994) |
German architect | Professor of building theory and design |
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Robert Otto (1837-1907) |
Chemist and pharmacist | professor |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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Reinhard Pekrun (* 1952) |
German psychologist | Studied psychology, education and philosophy |
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Carl Pfleiderer (1881–1960) |
Mechanical engineer | Professor and Vice Rector |
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Renate Jürgens-Pieper (* 1951) |
Minister of Education, Senator | Study of biology and chemistry |
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Agnes Pockels (1862-1935) |
German physicist and chemist | Honorary doctorate from the TH Braunschweig in 1932 |
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Matthias Puhle (* 1955) |
Historian of Medieval History | Studied at the TU Braunschweig |
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Leo Pungs (1883–1979) |
German electrical engineer | Founder (1927) and until 1954 head of the Institute for Low Voltage Technology |
| Tungsten plaster | architect | Studies, co-founder GRAFT |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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Adolf Quensen (1851-1911) |
German court decoration and church painter of historicism | Training at the Collegium Carolinum |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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Paul Raabe (1927-2013) |
Literary scholar and library specialist | Honorary doctorate from the TU |
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Roland Rainer (1910-2004) |
Austrian architect | professor |
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Bernd Rebe (1939-2013) |
Legal scholar | President of the TU Braunschweig from 1983 to 1999 |
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Carola Reimann (* 1967) |
German member of the Bundestag (SPD) and biotechnologist | Study of biotechnology |
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Ulrich Reimers (* 1952) |
German engineer | Study of electrical engineering; PhD at the Institute for Telecommunications; Professorship at the Institute for Telecommunications |
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Heinrich Rodenstein (1902–1980) |
Pedagogue | Rector of the Braunschweig University of Education |
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Julius Rolffs (1868-1946) |
architect | Study of architecture |
| Jürgen Ruge | German engineer | Professorship at the Institute for Welding Technology |
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Nina Ruge (* 1956) |
German television presenter and journalist | Study of German and biology for teaching |
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Hermann Rohling (* 1946) |
German engineer | Professorship at the Institute for Telecommunications (1988–1999) |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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Hermann Schaefer (1907–1969) |
Mathematician and university professor for technical mechanics | Full professor and head of the Institute for Technical Mechanics |
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Adolf Scheibe (1895–1958) |
Developer of the quartz clock in Germany and discoverer of the inconsistency of the earth's rotation speed | Honorary professor |
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Jost Schillemeit (1931-2002) |
Literary scholar | Professor at the TU Braunschweig |
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Konrad Arnold Schmid (1716–1789) |
German writer and philologist | Professor of Religious Studies and Latin at the Collegium Carolinum |
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Ulrich Schmidt-Rohr (1926-2006) |
Nuclear physicist | Student at the TH Braunschweig |
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Otto Heinrich Theodor Schmitz (1879–1965) |
German engineer | Studies at the TH, assistant for descriptive geometry (1903), graduation as a graduate engineer (1904), full professor for mechanical technology (from 1921), head of the institute for machine tool construction and production technology, rector of the TH Braunschweig (1930–1932), Chair of Materials Science and Welding Technology (after the end of the war until 1948) |
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Reinhard Schmutzler (1934-2014) |
Chemist | Professor of Inorganic Chemistry |
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Ferdinand Schneider (1911–1984) |
Chemist | Full professor |
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Gerhard Schrader (1903–1990) |
German chemist | Study of chemistry at the TH Braunschweig |
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Gebhard von der Schulenburg-Wolfsburg (1763-1818) |
Court officials and politicians | Studied natural sciences at the Collegium Carolinum |
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Fritz Schumacher (1869–1947) |
Architect, urban planner and senior construction director in Hamburg, co-founder of the Deutscher Werkbund | Honorary doctorate |
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Fritz Schupp (1896–1974) |
architect | Honorary doctorate |
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Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) |
Doctor, philosopher, Nobel Peace Prize (1952) | Honorary doctorate |
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Petra Schwille (* 1968) |
German physicist | Doctorate at the TH Braunschweig |
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Hans-Christoph Seebohm (1903-1967) |
Federal Minister | Honorary doctor and honorary senator |
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Ulrich Seiffert (* 1941) |
German engineer | Degree in mechanical engineering, honorary professor |
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Hanns Simons (1925–1984) |
Civil engineer | Professor and head of the Institute for Foundation Engineering and Soil Mechanics |
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Hans Sommer (1837-1922) |
German mathematician, composer and pioneer of musical copyright protection | Studied at the Collegium Carolinum (1851–1854), Professor of Mathematics (1866–1884) and Director of the TH Braunschweig (1875–1881) |
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Wilhelm Spies (1830-1901) |
Reich judge and Braunschweig Minister of Justice and Education | Lecturer in law at the Collegium Carolinum |
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Günter Spur (1928-2013) |
German engineering scientist | Studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Braunschweig |
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Hermann Stefan (1904–1980) |
Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist, removed after 1945 due to Nazi membership | Lecturer in neurology and psychiatry 1942–1945, from 1943 in the Wehrmacht |
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Thomas Steg (* 1960) |
Deputy Spokesman for the German Federal Government | Study of psychology |
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Ferdinand Stracke (* 1935) |
German city planner | Professor of urban development, housing and regional planning at the Technical University of Braunschweig |
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Alfred Stroppel (* 1934) |
German engineer; Dr. Ing Braunschweig | Professor for process engineering in crop production at the University of Hohenheim |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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Matthias Tamm (* 1967) |
German chemist | Professor of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry |
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Bernhard HF Taureck (* 1943) |
German philosopher | Professor of Philosophy |
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Hadi Teherani (* 1954) |
Architect of Iranian origin living in Germany | Study of architecture |
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Heinrich Thiel (1855–1925) |
German captain of industry | Study of civil engineering and metallurgy |
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Willi Thiele (1915-2000) |
German administrative lawyer | Honorary professor for law |
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Harmen Thies (* 1941) |
Professor at the Institute for Building History | Studied architecture and art history |
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Ferdinand Tiemann (1848–1899) |
German chemist, first synthesized TNT and vanillin | Study of pharmacy |
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Alfred Tode (1900–1996) |
Prehistorian and archaeologist | Lecturer at the Technical University of Braunschweig |
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Wolfgang Trapp (1918-2003) |
Director of the Bavarian State Office for Weights and Measures in Munich | Graduated from the TH Braunschweig in 1954 |
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Franz Trinks (1852–1931) |
Inventor of the "Trinks-Arythmotype", the world's first writing calculating machine | Honorary doctorate from the TH Braunschweig |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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Constantin Uhde (1836–1905) |
German architect | Professor of Ancient Architecture at the Collegium Carolinum |
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Aykut Ünyazıcı (* 1936) |
Turkish soccer player | Studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Braunschweig |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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Klaus Volkert (* 1942) |
Works Council Chairman | former honorary doctor of the Technical University of Braunschweig |
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Gerhard Vollmer (* 1943) |
German physicist and philosopher, bridge builder between the natural sciences and the humanities | Professor of Philosophy |
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| Surname | activity | Connection to the TU Braunschweig |
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Ulrich Wannagat (1923-2003) |
German chemist | Professor of Inorganic Chemistry |
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Friedrich Weber (1949-2015) |
Protestant theologian and regional bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Braunschweig | Honorary professor. Former chairman of the university council and lecturer in church history |
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Jürgen Weber (1928-2007) |
German sculptor | Professor of Elementary Forms |
| Thomas Willemeit | architect | Studies, co-founder of the Graft Society of Architects |
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Michael Wink (* 1951) |
German biologist | Doctorate (Dr. rer. Nat.) |
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Hinnerk Wehberg (* 1936) |
German landscape architect | Professor of landscape planning at the ISL until 2002 |
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Steen Olaf Welding (1936-2019) |
German philosopher | extraordinary professor |
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Hans Wolff (* 1938) |
mathematician | extraordinary professor |
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Fritz H. Wolters (1905–1981) |
German civil engineer | Studies, doctorate, habilitation, lecturer, honorary professor in Aachen |
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Justus Friedrich Wilhelm Zachariae (1726–1777) |
German writer, literary historian and composer | full professor of poetry at the Collegium Carolinum |
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Andreas Zeller (* 1965) |
German computer scientist | scientific Assistant |
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Gilbert Ziebura (1924-2013) |
Political scientist | professor |
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Walther Christoph Zimmerli (* 1945) |
Swiss philosopher and founding president of the Volkswagen AutoUni Wolfsburg | Professor and Honorary Professor |
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Georg Heinrich Zincke (1692–1769) |
German economist, founder of "business administration" and lawyer | Professor of camera and police science from 1746 to 1769 |