Hedwig Kohn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hedwig Kohn

German-American physicist

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1887

Place of Birth: Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 26-Mar-1964

Profession: physicist, university teacher

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Hedwig Kohn (5 April 1887 – 26 November 1964) was a German-American physicist who was one of only three women to obtain habilitation (the qualification for university teaching) in physics in Germany before World War II.
She was forced to leave Germany during the Nazi regime because she was Jewish.
She continued her academic career in the United States, where she settled for the rest of her life.