Wilhelm Westphal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wilhelm Westphal

German physicist

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1882

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 05-Jun-1978

Profession: physicist, author, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Wilhelm Heinrich Westphal (3 March 1882, in Hamburg – 5 June 1978, in Berlin) was a German physicist.
From 1918, he was a professor at the University of Berlin.
During the period 1922 to 1924, he was also an expert adviser to the Prussian Ministry of Science, Arts and Culture.
From 1928, he was simultaneously a professor at the University of Berlin and the Technical University of Berlin.
His position at the former ended when it fell in the Russian sector at the close of World War II, but he achieved emeritus status at the latter in 1955.