Richard Glocker
Richard Glocker (born September 21, 1890 in Calw ; † January 21, 1978 in Stuttgart ) was a German physicist and founding director of the former X-ray Institute at the TH Stuttgart.
Glocker studied physics in Berlin, Stuttgart and Munich and received his doctorate in 1914 under Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (the last doctoral student) in Munich (interference of X-rays and crystal structure). During the First World War, he served in the X-ray department of the reserve hospital in Stuttgart-Berg. In doing so, he recognized the deficiencies in the application (dosage, radiation protection, measuring methods) and the technical standards for X-rays and decided to work with other X-ray experts to establish an X-ray institute and in 1919 founded the Foundation for X-ray Technology in Stuttgart. Glocker collected the necessary funds for the construction of a new institute from industry, foundations and government agencies and was able to celebrate the inauguration in 1922. In 1925 he became a full professor for radiology in Stuttgart. In 1944 the institute was badly destroyed and rebuilt after the war. It worked closely with the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research and was called the Institute for Radiation Research from the 1970s .
At the institute, among other things, pioneering work was carried out in materials testing with X-rays, but also in the medical-biological application of ionizing radiation, with the substantial participation of Glocker. Rudolf Berthold , who later significantly developed materials testing, was employed there at the beginning of his career.
In his honor, the German Society for Medical Physics awards the Glocker Medal.
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- Material testing with X-rays, Springer, 5th edition 1971
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Glocker, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calw |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 1978 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |