Fritz Houtermans, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Fritz Houtermans

physicist (1903-1966)

Date of Birth: 22-Jan-1903

Place of Birth: Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 01-Mar-1966

Profession: physicist, astrophysicist, nuclear physicist, theoretical physicist

Nationality: Switzerland, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Fritz Houtermans

  • Friedrich Georg "Fritz" Houtermans (January 22, 1903 – March 1, 1966) was a Dutch-Austrian-German atomic and nuclear physicist born in Zoppot near Danzig, West Prussia to a Dutch father, who was a wealthy banker.
  • He was brought up in Vienna, where he was educated, and moved to Göttingen when he was 18 to study.
  • It was in Göttingen where he obtained his Ph.D.
  • under James Frank.
  • Houtermans made important contributions to geochemistry and cosmochemistry.

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