Science · 1882–1964

James Franck — Age & Birthday

Born: 26 August 1882 · Died: 21 May 1964 · Age at death: 81

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James Franck died aged 81. He was born on 26 August 1882 and died on 21 May 1964.

Nobel Prize-winning physicist known for the Franck-Hertz experiment

Did you know?During the Second World War, he courageously led a petition urging the United States not to use the atomic bomb on Japanese cities.

James Franck (German:; 26 August 1882 – 21 May 1964) was a German–American physicist who shared the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gustav Hertz "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom." Franck completed his doctorate in 1906 and his habilitation in 1911 at the Frederick…

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Born: August 26, 1882 · Hamburg, Germany
Died: May 21, 1964
Nationality: American
Known for: Science

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