Wilhelm Steinhaus

(August) Wilhelm Steinhaus (born April 30, 1884 in Barmen ; † August 22, 1970 in Berlin ) was an expert in physical metallurgy.

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As the son of Rector Wilhelm Steinhaus, he studied mathematics, physics and chemistry in Marburg from 1903–05 and then probably continued in Göttingen. During his studies he became a member of the Schwarzburgbund - connections Frankonia Marburg (1887) and fraternity Germania Göttingen (1905). Around 1910 he received his doctorate with studies on the problem of the equation of state .

In 1912 he became a research assistant at the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (PTR), laboratory manager in 1924, department director in 1943 and acting president in 1945. In 1932 Robert Ochsenfeld was briefly his intern in the magnetic laboratory. In 1939 he researched as an expert in physical metallurgy in Eckernförde on torpedo pistols (torpedo detonators).

In 1945 he became president of the German Office for Weights and Measures and in 1949 adjunct professor. From the beginning of 1955 he was a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Berlin.

literature

• Dieter Hoffmann :  Steinhaus, Wilhelm . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
• Biographical manual of the SBZ ; P. 890

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1. ^ Hermann Goebel (ed.): Directory of members of the Schwarzburgbund. 8th edition, Frankfurt am Main 1930, p. 137 No. 3118.
2. ^ Dieter Hoffmann:  Ochsenfeld, Robert. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 412 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

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• Rudolf Stenzel: Justification for the amalgamation of the Reich Institute for Weights and Measures with the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt in Berlin in 1923. In: Annals of Science. 33, 1976, pp. 289-306, doi : 10.1080 / 00033797600200571 .