Gertrude Scharff Goldhaber, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gertrude Scharff Goldhaber

Nuclear physicist

Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1911

Place of Birth: Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 04-Feb-1998

Profession: physicist, nuclear physicist

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Gertrude Scharff Goldhaber (July 14, 1911 – February 2, 1998) was a German-born Jewish-American nuclear physicist.
She earned her PhD from the University of Munich, and though her family suffered during The Holocaust, Gertrude was able to escape to London and later to the United States.
Her research during World War II was classified, and not published until 1946.
She and her husband, Maurice Goldhaber, spent most of their post-war careers at Brookhaven National Laboratory.