EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Prior to WWII, known as the University of Breslau.

Location:
Wroclaw, Poland

Founding Date:
1702

Official Website:
http://www.uni.wroc.pl/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Friedrich Bergius	Chemist	11-Oct-1884	30-Mar-1949	Hydrogenation of coal
Max Born	Physicist	11-Dec-1882	5-Jan-1970	Pioneer of quantum mechanics
Hans G. Dehmelt	Physicist	9-Sep-1922		Co-Inventor of the ion trap
Paul Ehrlich	Doctor	14-Mar-1854	20-Aug-1915	Discovered treatment for syphilis
Hans-Georg Gadamer	Philosopher	11-Feb-1900	13-Mar-2002	Truth and Method
Eugen Goldstein	Physicist	5-Sep-1850	25-Dec-1930	Cathode rays
Hans Heinrich Lammers	Government	27-May-1879	4-Jan-1962	Chief of the Reich Chancellery
Georg Michaelis	Head of State	8-Sep-1857	24-Jul-1936	German Chancellor 1917
Rudolph Minkowski	Astronomer	28-May-1895	4-Jan-1976	Galaxies in collision
Emin Pasha	Explorer	28-Mar-1840	23-Oct-1892	German colonial traveller in Africa
Otto Stern	Physicist	17-Feb-1888	17-Aug-1969	Molecular beam experiment
Paul Tillich	Religion	20-Aug-1886	22-Oct-1965	Systematic Theology
William H. Welch	Scientist	8-Apr-1850	30-Apr-1934	Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Eduard Buchner	Chemist	20-May-1860	13-Aug-1917	Studied fermentation
Karl von Frisch	Zoologist	20-Nov-1886	12-Jun-1982	Researched bee communications
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff	Physicist	12-Mar-1824	17-Oct-1887	Theory of spectrum analysis
Philipp Lenard	Physicist	7-Jun-1862	20-May-1947	Investigations of cathode rays
Oskar Minkowski	Doctor	13-Jan-1858	18-Jul-1831	Linked pancreas to diabetes
Rudolph Minkowski	Astronomer	28-May-1895	4-Jan-1976	Galaxies in collision
Erwin Schrödinger	Physicist	12-Aug-1887	4-Jan-1961	Schrödinger's wave equation

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