Georg Stetter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georg Stetter

German nuclear physicist

Date of Birth: 23-Dec-1895

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 14-Jul-1988

Profession: physicist, nuclear physicist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Georg Carl Stetter (23 December 1895 – 14 July 1988) was an Austrian-German nuclear physicist.
Stetter was Director of the Second Physics Institute of the University of Vienna.
He was a principal member of the German nuclear energy project, also known as the Uranium Club.
In the latter years of World War II, he was also the Director of the Institute for Neutron Research.
After the war, he was dismissed from his university positions, and he then became involved in dust protection research.
After his dismissal was overturned, he became Director of the First Physics Institute of the University of Vienna, and he began research on aerosols.
In 1962, Stetter became a full Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
In that same year, the Academy established their Commission for Clean Air, and Stetter served as its chairman until 1985.