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Location: <a href="/geo/935/000069728/" class=proflink>Berlin, Germany</a> Official Website: <a href="http://www.uni-berlin.de/">http://www.uni-berlin.de/</a>STUDENTS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_student"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/000/000117646/">Roger Adams</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jul-1971</tt></td> <td>Organic chemist at Illinois</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/444/000100144/">Kurt Alder</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jun-1958</tt></td> <td>Diels-Alder Reaction</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/823/000141400/">Ernst F. W. Alexanderson</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-1975</tt></td> <td>Developed radio and television at GE and RCA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/009/000117655/">Gordon W. Allport</a></td> <td><center>Psychologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Nov-1897</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1967</tt></td> <td>Personality: A Psychological Interpretation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/217/000165719/">Alois Alzheimer</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jun-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-1915</tt></td> <td>Alzheimer's Disease</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/943/000110613/">Michelle Bachelet</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Sep-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Chile</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/219/000099919/">Adolf von Baeyer</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1835</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1917</tt></td> <td>Synthesized indigo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/523/000091250/">Emily Greene Balch</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1867</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1961</tt></td> <td>Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/887/000259110/">Albert C. Barnes</a></td> <td><center>Curator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-1872</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-1951</tt></td> <td>Barnes Foundation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/290/000117936/">Karl Barth</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1968</tt></td> <td>Church Dogmatics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/815/000091542/">Auguste Beernaert</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1829</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Oct-1912</tt></td> <td>Belgian Prime Minister, Nobel recipient</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/114/000176583/">Perry Belmont</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Dec-1851</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1947</tt></td> <td>Congressman from New York, 1881-88</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/089/000094804/">Theodor Billroth</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Apr-1829</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-1894</tt></td> <td>Viennese surgeon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/062/000113720/">Boris Blacher</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jan-1975</tt></td> <td>Die Nachtschwalbe</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/312/000398115/">Henry Blumenthal</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Oct-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1987</tt></td> <td>France and the United States</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/500/000179960/">Dietrich Bonhoeffer</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Apr-1945</tt></td> <td>Lutheran theologian, opponent of Hitler</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/523/000071310/">Walther Bothe</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1957</tt></td> <td>Coincidence method</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/969/000161486/">Karl Brandt</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jul-1975</tt></td> <td>Council of Economic Advisers, 1958-61</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/438/000099141/">Ferdinand Braun</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1850</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Apr-1918</tt></td> <td>Rectifier effect in semiconductors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/190/000164695/">James Henry Breasted</a></td> <td><center>Archaeologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1865</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Dec-1935</tt></td> <td>A History of Egypt</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/741/000087480/">Martin Buber</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jun-1965</tt></td> <td>Ich und Du</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/900/000206282/">Hans von Bülow</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1830</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Feb-1894</tt></td> <td>German conductor, proponent of Wagner</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/410/000365312/">Jacob Burckhardt</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1818</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-1897</tt></td> <td>The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/333/000087072/">Georg Cantor</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1845</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1918</tt></td> <td>Founder of set theory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/305/000128918/">Robert Capa</a></td> <td><center>Photographer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Oct-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1954</tt></td> <td>War photographer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/754/000113415/">Rudolf Carnap</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Sep-1970</tt></td> <td>The Logical Syntax of Language</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/538/000179998/">Ernst Cassirer</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1874</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Apr-1945</tt></td> <td>The Myth of the State</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/748/000091475/">Austen Chamberlain</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Oct-1863</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1937</tt></td> <td>British pol, Nobel Prize recipient</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/951/000100651/">Rudolf Clausius</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-1822</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Aug-1888</tt></td> <td>Second Law of Thermodynamics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/482/000398285/">Archibald Cary Coolidge</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1866</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jan-1928</tt></td> <td>The United States as a World Power</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/135/000130742/">Frederick G. Cottrell</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Nov-1948</tt></td> <td>Smokestack filters to fight pollution</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/831/000089564/">Wilhelm Cuno</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jan-1933</tt></td> <td>German Chancellor 1922-23</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/348/000129958/">Max Delbrück</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Sep-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Mar-1981</tt></td> <td>Molecular structure of viral genes (phages)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/441/000100141/">Otto Diels</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1954</tt></td> <td>Diels-Alder Reaction</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/777/000180237/">Wilhelm Dilthey</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Nov-1833</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1911</tt></td> <td>Methodology of the humanities</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/902/000140482/">Alfred Döblin</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jun-1957</tt></td> <td>Berlin Alexanderplatz</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/110/000159630/">Engelbert Dollfuss</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Oct-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jul-1934</tt></td> <td>Austrian Chancellor murdered by Nazis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/535/000031442/">W. E. B. Du Bois</a></td> <td><center>Sociologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Feb-1868</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1963</tt></td> <td>Civil rights activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/500/000127119/">Christiaan Eijkman</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Aug-1858</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1930</tt></td> <td>Research led to discovery of vitamins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/380/000100080/">Hans von Euler-Chelpin</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Feb-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1964</tt></td> <td>Enzymes of sugar fermentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/964/000094682/">Ludwig Feuerbach</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1804</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1872</tt></td> <td>Das Weses des Christentums</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/042/000169532/">Hanno C. Fiedler</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jun-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Ball Packaging Europe, 2002-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/698/000196110/">Fritz Fischer</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Mar-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-1999</tt></td> <td>Blamed Germany for World War I</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/241/000115893/">Abraham Flexner</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-1866</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1959</tt></td> <td>The American College</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/326/000072110/">James Franck</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-May-1964</tt></td> <td>Franck-Hertz experiment</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/900/000087639/">Wilhelm Frick</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Mar-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Oct-1946</tt></td> <td>Authored the Nuremberg Laws</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/903/000087642/">Walther Funk</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Aug-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-May-1960</tt></td> <td>Reich economic minister</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/931/000358854/">Timothy Garton Ash</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jul-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>In Europe's Name: Germany and the Divided Continent</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/744/000161261/">J. Willard Gibbs</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1839</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1903</tt></td> <td>Elementary Principles in Statistical Mathematics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/820/000398623/">Felix Gilbert</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-May-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1991</tt></td> <td>To the Farewell Address</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/279/000206658/">Maurice Goldhaber</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Apr-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-2011</tt></td> <td>Neutrons</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/887/000169380/">Eugen Goldstein</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Sep-1850</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1930</tt></td> <td>Cathode rays</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/474/000167970/">Theodore F. Green</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1867</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1966</tt></td> <td>Governor and Senator from Rhode Island</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/625/000165130/">Romano Guardini</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1968</tt></td> <td>Roman Catholic theologian</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/884/000092608/">Fritz Haber</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1868</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1934</tt></td> <td>Synthesized ammonia, chemical warfare</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/744/000091471/">Ernst Haeckel</a></td> <td><center>Zoologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Feb-1834</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Aug-1919</tt></td> <td>Proponent of evolution</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/584/000100284/">Odd Hassel</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-1897</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1981</tt></td> <td>Conformational analysis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/324/000072108/">Gustav Hertz</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jul-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1975</tt></td> <td>Franck-Hertz experiment</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/419/000072203/">Heinrich Hertz</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1857</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1894</tt></td> <td>Discoverer of electromagnetic radiation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/175/000127791/">Karl M. von der Heyden</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Vice Chairman of Pepsi, 1996-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/891/000103582/">Paul von Heyse</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1830</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Apr-1914</tt></td> <td>L'Arrabbiata</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/742/000167241/">John Grier Hibben</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Apr-1861</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-May-1933</tt></td> <td>President, Princeton University, 1912-32</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/667/000271851/">Karen Horney</a></td> <td><center>Psychologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Dec-1952</tt></td> <td>Disputed Freud's concept of "penis envy"</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/424/000169914/">Edwin J. Houston</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jul-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1914</tt></td> <td>Thomson-Houston Electric Company</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/285/000114940/">Zakir Hussain</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1897</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-1969</tt></td> <td>President of India, 1967-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/247/000059070/">Edmund Husserl</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1859</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Apr-1938</tt></td> <td>Phenomenological philosopher</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/920/000093641/">Karl Gustav Jacobi</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1804</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1851</tt></td> <td>Investigated elliptical functions</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/510/000170000/">Karl Jaspers</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Feb-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1969</tt></td> <td>Existential thinker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/864/000196276/">Nicholas Kaldor</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-1986</tt></td> <td>An Expenditure Tax</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/961/000167460/">James E. Keeler</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1857</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1900</tt></td> <td>Composition of Saturn's rings</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/989/000048845/">George F. Kennan</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Feb-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-2005</tt></td> <td>Architect of US policy of Soviet containment</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/677/000089410/">Kurt Georg Kiesinger</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Apr-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1988</tt></td> <td>German Chancellor, 1966-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/175/000398975/">Richard Koebner</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Aug-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1958</tt></td> <td>Empire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/971/000401765/">Alexandre Kojève</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jun-1968</tt></td> <td>Hegelian philosopher, Europeanist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/619/000129232/">Hans Krebs</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1981</tt></td> <td>Tricarboxylic acid cycle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/193/000089923/">Alfried Krupp</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jul-1967</tt></td> <td>Nazi munitions maker, convicted war criminal</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/034/000170521/">Nicholas Kurti</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Nov-1998</tt></td> <td>Molecular gastronomy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/528/000099231/">Max von Laue</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1960</tt></td> <td>X-ray crystallography</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/057/000170544/">Morris E. Leeds</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1869</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1952</tt></td> <td>Leeds & Northrup Co.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/441/000099144/">Philipp Lenard</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-1862</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1947</tt></td> <td>Investigations of cathode rays</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/681/000113342/">Wassily Leontief</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Aug-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Feb-1999</tt></td> <td>Structure of the American Economy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/039/000094754/">Richard Lepsius</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1810</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1884</tt></td> <td>German Egyptologist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/140/000170627/">Armin O. Leuschner</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jan-1868</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Apr-1953</tt></td> <td>Astronomer at Berkeley</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/353/000117999/">Kurt Lewin</a></td> <td><center>Psychologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Feb-1947</tt></td> <td>Field theorist, group dynamicist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/375/000083126/">Willy Ley</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1969</tt></td> <td>The Conquest of Space</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/193/000170680/">Frederick Lindemann</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Apr-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-1957</tt></td> <td>Churchill's scientific and war advisor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/625/000129238/">Fritz Lipmann</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jun-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-1986</tt></td> <td>Carbohydrate oxidation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/286/000049139/">Alain Locke</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1954</tt></td> <td>Leader in the Harlem Renaissance</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/431/000099134/">Karl Mannheim</a></td> <td><center>Sociologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Mar-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1947</tt></td> <td>Ideology and Utopia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/280/000088016/">Ernst Mayr</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Feb-2005</tt></td> <td>Evolutionary biologist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/360/000099063/">Lise Meitner</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Oct-1968</tt></td> <td>Discovered nuclear fission</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/705/000126327/">Otto Meyerhof</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Apr-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Oct-1951</tt></td> <td>Glycogen-lactic acid cycle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/501/000099204/">Albert A. Michelson</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-1852</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1931</tt></td> <td>Measured the speed of light</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/771/000091498/">Robert A. Millikan</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Mar-1868</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-1953</tt></td> <td>Determined the charge of an electron</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/862/000171349/">Hermann Minkowski</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jun-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1909</tt></td> <td>Minkowski space</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/316/000115968/">Robert Musil</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Nov-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-1942</tt></td> <td>Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/564/000168060/">Charles Nagel</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Aug-1849</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jan-1940</tt></td> <td>US Secy. of Commerce & Labor, 1909-13</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/244/000099944/">Walther Nernst</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1941</tt></td> <td>Third Law of Thermodynamics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/967/000167466/">Ernest Fox Nichols</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1869</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1924</tt></td> <td>Infrared radiation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/794/000159317/">Erwin Panofsky</a></td> <td><center>Art Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1968</tt></td> <td>Studies in Iconology</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/010/000113668/">Robert E. Park</a></td> <td><center>Sociologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1944</tt></td> <td>Race and Culture</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/823/000095538/">Emin Pasha</a></td> <td><center>Explorer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-1840</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-1892</tt></td> <td>German colonial traveller in Africa</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/198/000099898/">Rudolf Peierls</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1995</tt></td> <td>Frisch-Peierls Memorandum</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/229/000058055/">Max Planck</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1858</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Oct-1947</tt></td> <td>Originator of quantum theory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/850/000172334/">Julius Plücker</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jul-1801</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-May-1868</tt></td> <td>Analytical geometry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/945/000100645/">Johann Christian Poggendorff</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Dec-1796</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jan-1877</tt></td> <td>Annalen der Physik und Chemie</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/182/000177648/">Franz Reuleaux</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-1829</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1905</tt></td> <td>Father of modern kinematics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/359/000087098/">Bernhard Riemann</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Sep-1826</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-1866</tt></td> <td>Topologist, also Riemann Hypothesis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/861/000133462/">Bert Sakmann</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jun-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Cellular ion channels</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/906/000086648/">George Santayana</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Dec-1863</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1952</tt></td> <td>The Realms of Being</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/922/000087661/">Hjalmar Schacht</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jan-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-1970</tt></td> <td>Reich Minister of Economics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/755/000113416/">Moritz Schlick</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Apr-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jun-1936</tt></td> <td>Positivist philosopher, Vienna Circle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/489/000118135/">Gershom Scholem</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1897</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-1982</tt></td> <td>Revolutionized the study of Kabbalah</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/910/000086652/">Arthur Schopenhauer</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1788</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1860</tt></td> <td>Philosopher of Pessimism</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/438/000172919/">Walter Schottky</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jul-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Mar-1976</tt></td> <td>Solid-state physics and electronics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/507/000172988/">Frederick Hanley Seares</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-1964</tt></td> <td>Astronomer at Mt. Wilson Observatory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/786/000196198/">Zalman Shazar</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Oct-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Oct-1974</tt></td> <td>President of Israel, 1963-73</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/869/000206251/">Werner von Siemens</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Dec-1816</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-1892</tt></td> <td>Founder of Siemens AG</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/436/000099139/">Georg Simmel</a></td> <td><center>Sociologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1858</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1918</tt></td> <td>Philosophy of Money</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/708/000113369/">Richard Sorge</a></td> <td><center>Spy</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Oct-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1944</tt></td> <td>Warned Stalin of Operation Barbarossa</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/192/000087928/">Hans Speidel</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Oct-1897</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Nov-1984</tt></td> <td>German general, NATO commander</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/358/000117007/">Oswald Spengler</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-May-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1936</tt></td> <td>The Decline of the West</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/158/000086897/">Max Stirner</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1806</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jun-1856</tt></td> <td>Existential German nihilo-anarchist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/824/000089557/">Gustav Stresemann</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Oct-1929</tt></td> <td>German Chancellor 1923</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/553/000128169/">Albert Szent-Györgyi</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Oct-1986</tt></td> <td>Vitamins C and B2</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/472/000104160/">Leo Szilard</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1964</tt></td> <td>Nuclear chain reaction</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/164/000117810/">Garrick Utley</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Nov-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Feb-2014</tt></td> <td>NBC correspondent for 30 years</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/866/000089599/">Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1856</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1921</tt></td> <td>German Chancellor 1909-17</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/686/000055521/">Wernher von Braun</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jun-1977</tt></td> <td>German-American rocket scientist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/867/000089600/">Bernhard von Bulow</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-1849</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Oct-1929</tt></td> <td>German Chancellor, 1900-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/445/000072229/">Hermann von Helmholtz</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Aug-1821</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-1894</tt></td> <td>Law of Conservation of Energy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/864/000089597/">Georg von Hertling</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Aug-1843</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jan-1919</tt></td> <td>German Chancellor 1917-18</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/951/000023882/">John von Neumann</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Dec-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1957</tt></td> <td>Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/916/000087655/">Konstantin von Neurath</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Feb-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-1956</tt></td> <td>Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/682/000127301/">Otto Warburg</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Oct-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1970</tt></td> <td>Effect of oxygen on cancer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/299/000099002/">Max Weber</a></td> <td><center>Sociologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jun-1920</tt></td> <td>The Protestant Ethic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/663/000213024/">Alfred Wegener</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>Nov-1930</tt></td> <td>Continental drift</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/501/000171985/">William H. Welch</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1850</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Apr-1934</tt></td> <td>Johns Hopkins School of Medicine</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/370/000100070/">Heinrich Wieland</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jun-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Aug-1957</tt></td> <td>Studied acids of bile</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/515/000099218/">Wilhelm Wien</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jan-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1928</tt></td> <td>Blackbody radiation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/217/000174692/">Robert Wiene</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Apr-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1938</tt></td> <td>The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/373/000100073/">Adolf Windaus</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1959</tt></td> <td>Investigated cholesterol, Vitamin D</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/102/000099802/">Robert W. Wood</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1868</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Aug-1955</tt></td> <td>Physical Optics</td> </tr> </table> TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_teacher"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/219/000099919/">Adolf von Baeyer</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1835</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1917</tt></td> <td>Synthesized indigo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/197/000167693/">Ludwig Biermann</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1986</tt></td> <td>Solar winds</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/348/000179808/">Ludwig Boltzmann</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Feb-1844</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Sep-1906</tt></td> <td>Atoms and molecules</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/060/000100757/">Franz Bopp</a></td> <td><center>Linguist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Sep-1791</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-1867</tt></td> <td>Comparative Grammar</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/523/000071310/">Walther Bothe</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1957</tt></td> <td>Coincidence method</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/969/000161486/">Karl Brandt</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jul-1975</tt></td> <td>Council of Economic Advisers, 1958-61</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/227/000099927/">Eduard Buchner</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1860</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1917</tt></td> <td>Cell-free fermentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/462/000179922/">Erwin Chargaff</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Aug-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jun-2002</tt></td> <td>Biochemist at Columbia University</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/190/000099890/">Peter Debye</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Mar-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1966</tt></td> <td>Studied molecular structure, dipoles</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/441/000100141/">Otto Diels</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1954</tt></td> <td>Diels-Alder Reaction</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/777/000180237/">Wilhelm Dilthey</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Nov-1833</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1911</tt></td> <td>Methodology of the humanities</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/238/000086977/">Paul Ehrlich</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1854</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1915</tt></td> <td>Father of chemotherapy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/302/000022236/">Albert Einstein</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Apr-1955</tt></td> <td>Theory of relativity</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/703/000091430/">Emil Fischer</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1852</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jul-1919</tt></td> <td>Peptide bond</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/376/000100076/">Hans Fischer</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-1881</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-1945</tt></td> <td>Synthesized hemin</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/326/000072110/">James Franck</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-May-1964</tt></td> <td>Franck-Hertz experiment</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/625/000165130/">Romano Guardini</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1968</tt></td> <td>Roman Catholic theologian</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/884/000092608/">Fritz Haber</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1868</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1934</tt></td> <td>Synthesized ammonia, chemical warfare</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/187/000099887/">Otto Hahn</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Mar-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1968</tt></td> <td>Demonstrated fission</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/561/000118207/">Arvid Harnack</a></td> <td><center>Spy</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Dec-1942</tt></td> <td>Hanged by the Nazis for espionage</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/560/000118206/">Mildred Fish Harnack</a></td> <td><center>Spy</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Feb-1943</tt></td> <td>Guillotined by the Gestapo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/882/000029795/">Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1770</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Nov-1831</tt></td> <td>Phenomenology of Spirit</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/488/000071275/">Werner Heisenberg</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Feb-1976</tt></td> <td>Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/324/000072108/">Gustav Hertz</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jul-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1975</tt></td> <td>Franck-Hertz experiment</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/750/000111417/">Roman Herzog</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Apr-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Germany, 1994-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/224/000099924/">Jacobus H. van 't Hoff</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1852</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1911</tt></td> <td>Three-dimensional molecular properties</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/808/000103499/">August Wilhelm von Hofmann</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1818</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1892</tt></td> <td>Organic chemist, researched aniline</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/920/000093641/">Karl Gustav Jacobi</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1804</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1851</tt></td> <td>Investigated elliptical functions</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/144/000099844/">Pascual Jordan</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-1980</tt></td> <td>Founder of Quantum Mechanics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/530/000097239/">Gustav Robert Kirchhoff</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Mar-1824</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Oct-1887</tt></td> <td>Theory of spectrum analysis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/533/000097242/">Martin Heinrich Klaproth</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-1743</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1817</tt></td> <td>Discovered uranium, zirconium, titanium</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/618/000091345/">Robert Koch</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Dec-1843</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1910</tt></td> <td>Germ theory of disease</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/034/000170521/">Nicholas Kurti</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Nov-1998</tt></td> <td>Molecular gastronomy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/138/000170625/">Wolf Lepenies</a></td> <td><center>Sociologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Melancholy and Society</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/039/000094754/">Richard Lepsius</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1810</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1884</tt></td> <td>German Egyptologist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/075/000249325/">Karl Lohmann</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Apr-1978</tt></td> <td>Discovered ATP</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/360/000099063/">Lise Meitner</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Oct-1968</tt></td> <td>Discovered nuclear fission</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/244/000099944/">Walther Nernst</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1941</tt></td> <td>Third Law of Thermodynamics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/229/000058055/">Max Planck</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1858</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Oct-1947</tt></td> <td>Originator of quantum theory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/850/000172334/">Julius Plücker</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jul-1801</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-May-1868</tt></td> <td>Analytical geometry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/945/000100645/">Johann Christian Poggendorff</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Dec-1796</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jan-1877</tt></td> <td>Annalen der Physik und Chemie</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/188/000087924/">Johannes Popitz</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Dec-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Feb-1945</tt></td> <td>Prussian finance minister 1933-44</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/406/000056238/">Leopold von Ranke</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Dec-1795</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-May-1886</tt></td> <td>Prominent 19th century German historian</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/182/000177648/">Franz Reuleaux</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-1829</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1905</tt></td> <td>Father of modern kinematics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/910/000086652/">Arthur Schopenhauer</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1788</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1860</tt></td> <td>Philosopher of Pessimism</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/308/000072092/">Erwin Schrödinger</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jan-1961</tt></td> <td>Schr鰀inger's wave equation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/827/000159350/">Reinhard Selten</a></td> 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align=right><tt>8-Feb-1957</tt></td> <td>Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/299/000099002/">Max Weber</a></td> <td><center>Sociologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jun-1920</tt></td> <td>The Protestant Ethic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/515/000099218/">Wilhelm Wien</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jan-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1928</tt></td> <td>Blackbody radiation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/254/000099954/">Richard Willstätter</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1872</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Aug-1942</tt></td> <td>Plant pigments</td> </tr> </table> ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_administrator"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/147/000116796/">W. 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