Eugen Glueckauf
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Eugen Glueckauf (9 April 1906, Berlin-11 September 1981, Oxford) was a German-born British expert on atomic energy.
After an education at the Technische Hochschule, Berlin, he escaped from the Nazis to London. He was
- Research assistant to Friedrich Paneth, Imperial College, London, 1934-39
- Research associate, University of Durham, 1939-47
- Mackinnon Research Student of the Royal Society, 1942-44
- Group-leader and later Branch-head in Chemistry Division, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, 1947-71
- Consultant to AERE, 1971-81
He published Atomic Energy Waste in 1961; it became a standard reference. He contributed in the fields of: micro-gas analysis of atmospheric gases, theory of ion exchange and chromatography, radio chemistry, electrolyte solution chemistry. He was elected a Fellow of he Royal Society in 1969.