| James Franck  Born: 26-Aug-1882
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: 21-May-1964
Location of death: Göttingen, Germany
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist Nationality: Germany
Executive summary: Franck-Hertz experiment Father: Jacob Franck
Mother: Rebecca Drucker
Wife: Ingrid Josefson (m. 23-Dec-1907, d., two daughters)
Daughter: Dagmar
Daughter: Lisa
Wife: Hertha Sponer (physics professor at Duke, m. 29-Jun-1946)
High School: Wilhelm Gymnasium
University: University of Heidelberg (1901-02)
University: PhD, University of Berlin (1906)
Professor: University of Berlin (1911-18)
Professor: University of Göttingen (1920-23)
Professor: Johns Hopkins University (1935-38)
Professor: University of Chicago (1938-47)
Nobel Prize for Physics 1925 (with Gustav Hertz)
Max Planck Medal 1951 (with Gustav Hertz)
Rumford Prize 1955
National Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
American Physical Society
American Chemical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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