About Adolf Smekal
Lived 1895 – 1959 (aged 63). Adolf Smekal was an Austrian physicist and university teacher.
Adolf Gustav Stephan Smekal (12 September 1895 – 7 March 1959) was an Austrian theoretical physicist, with interests in solid state physics, known for the prediction of the inelastic scattering of photons (the Raman effect).
Adolf Smekal studied at the Vienna College of Technology (1912–1913), received his doctorate from the University of Graz (1913–1917), and then studied at the University of Berlin (1917–1919).
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Who was Adolf Smekal?
Austrian physicist (1895–1959)
When was Adolf Smekal born?
Adolf Smekal was born on 12 September 1895 in Vienna.
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Adolf Smekal died on 7 March 1959 in Graz.
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Adolf Smekal was a physicist and university teacher.
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Adolf Smekal was Austrian.
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