Wilhelm von Meyeren (physicist)

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Wilhelm von Meyeren (born April 26, 1905 in Berlin , † February 4, 1983 in Hanover ) was a German physicist .

Life

Wilhelm von Meyeren studied mathematics and physics at the University of Göttingen , where he became a member of the Corps Brunsviga . In late 1929, he completed his studies with the graduation to the Dr. phil. from Robert Wichard Pohl . He became an assistant at the Technical University of Karlsruhe , and in 1935 at the Technical University of Hanover . There he completed his habilitation in physics in 1937. In 1938 he was appointed lecturer and chief engineer.

Von Meyeren had already joined the NSDAP on August 1, 1931 ( membership number 615576). Between 1937 and 1942 he was a functionary in the National Socialist German Lecturer Association ("Office for Students") at the Technical University of Hanover .

At the beginning of the Second World War , von Meyeren was briefly a soldier. In August 1941 he was appointed to the German Charles University in Prague in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia , where he took over the chair for experimental physics in 1942 . At the end of the war he was interned and released to Germany in March 1946. In 1955 his Venia legendi was renewed at the Technical University of Hanover. In 1956 he became an associate professor, in 1963 a full professor and holder of the chair for solid state physics. In 1965/66 he was dean of the faculty for natural sciences and humanities. In 1973 he retired .

literature

  • Ellinger: Professor em. Dr. Wilhelm von Meyeren Brunsvigae Göttingen † . In: Deutsche Corpszeitung. Volume 84, 1983, p. 94 f.
  • Michael Jung: “Our hearts beat to the Führer with great enthusiasm.” The Technical University of Hanover and its professors under National Socialism. BOD, Norderstedt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8482-6451-3 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Jung: "Our hearts beat with enthusiasm to the Führer." The Technical University of Hanover and its professors under National Socialism. Pp. 229, 236.
  2. ↑ Michael Jung: "Our hearts beat with enthusiasm to the Führer." The Technical University of Hanover and its professors under National Socialism. P. 247.
personal data
SURNAME Meyeren, Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 4th February 1983
Place of death Hanover