PHYSICIST

Hedwig Kohn

1887 - 1964

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Hedwig Kohn (5 April 1887 – 26 November 1964) was a physicist who was one of only three women (along Lise Meitner and Hertha Sponer) to obtain habilitation (the qualification for university teaching) in physics in Germany before World War II. Born in Breslau in the German Empire (now Wrocław, Poland), she was forced to leave Germany during the Nazi regime because she was Jewish. She continued her academic career in the United States, where she settled for the rest of her life. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hedwig Kohn is the 801st most popular physicist (down from 774th in 2019), the 5,652nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,479th in 2019) and the 104th most popular German Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Hedwig Kohn ranks 801 out of 851. Before her are Kees Schouhamer Immink, Werner Israel, Robert L. Forward, Daulat Singh Kothari, Mazlan Othman, and Derek J. de Solla Price. After her are He Jiankui, William Penney, Baron Penney, G. N. Ramachandran, Herbert Goldstein, Stephen L. Adler, and Alan Cottrell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Hedwig Kohn ranks 281. Before her are Gustaf Rosenquist, Raymond Thorne, Nils Middelboe, Carl-Friedrich Freiherr von Langen, Vincenzo Cardarelli, and Clive Brook. After her are Sigurd Jørgensen, Roland Young, Joseph Plunkett, Ralph Ince, Harold Lockwood, and Walter Connolly. Among people deceased in 1964, Hedwig Kohn ranks 210. Before her are Stuart Davis, Branislav Hrnjiček, Frank Albertson, Roscoe Pound, Joe Gaetjens, and Gracie Allen. After her are Art Ross, Taffy Abel, William Bendix, Paul Cavanagh, Arthur Hohl, and Timmy Mayer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hedwig Kohn ranks 5,655 out of 7,253. Before her are Dirk Bach (1961), Theo Fitzau (1923), Stefan Kapičić (1978), Ulrike Bruns (1953), Daniel Steibelt (1765), and Roland Koch (1958). After her are Petra Roth (1944), Peter Tschentscher (1966), Jochen Schümann (1954), Nadine Angerer (1978), Sven Bender (1989), and Andrew Sachs (1930).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Hedwig Kohn ranks 104. Before her are Arthur Schuster (1851), Gregor Wentzel (1898), Rolf-Dieter Heuer (1948), Hans Reissner (1874), Rolf Landauer (1927), and Werner Israel (1931). After her are Sabine Hossenfelder (1976), Gabriele Hegerl (1962), and Katherine Freese (1957).

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