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Ernst Ruska — Age & Birthday

Born: 25 December 1906 · Died: 27 May 1988 · Age at death: 81

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Ernst Ruska died aged 81. He was born on 25 December 1906 and died on 27 May 1988.

German physicist who designed the first electron microscope

Did you know?Although he invented the device in the early thirties, he did not receive his Nobel Prize for it until over fifty years later.

Ernst August Friedrich Ruska (German pronunciation:; 25 December 1906 – 27 May 1988) was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986 for his work in electron optics, including the design of the first electron microscope.

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Age at death: 81
Would be: 119
Years since death: 38

Born: December 25, 1906 · Heidelberg, Germany
Died: May 27, 1988
Nationality: German
Known for: Science, Technology

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Father: Julius Ruska

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