August Herman Pfund

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August Herman Pfund
Born December 28, 1879(1879-12-28)
Madison, Wisconsin
Died January 4, 1949 (aged 69)
Nationality USA
Fields Physics
Spectroscopy
Known for Pfund line
Pfund telescope

August Herman Pfund (December 28, 1879January 4, 1949) was an American physicist and spectroscopist. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He discovered the hydrogen Pfund lines, where an electron jumps up from or drops down to the fifth fundamental level.

Pfund also invented the Pfund telescope configuration that bears his name.

[edit] References and Biography

  • Pelletier, Paul A. (ed.), Prominent Scientists: An index to collective biographies, 2nd ed., Neal-Schuman Publishing, Inc.: New York, 1985 (citations only)
  • Cattell, J.M.; Cattell, J. American Men of Science , 6th ed., The Science Press: New York, 1938
  • Journal of the Optical Society of America, 39:4 (April, 1949) 325. Obit.


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NAME Pfund, August Herman
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SHORT DESCRIPTION American physicist, spectroscopy
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Madison, Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 1949
PLACE OF DEATH
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