About August Hagenbach
Lived 1871 – 1955 (aged 83–84). August Hagenbach was a Swiss physicist and university teacher.
August Hagenbach (22 December 1871 – 11 August 1955) was a Swiss physicist working in spectroscopy.
He was the son of physicist Eduard Hagenbach-Bischoff and obtained his Ph.D. in 1894 at the University of Leipzig with a thesis titled "" under the supervision of Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann.
In 1906, he took over the chaired professorship at the University of Basel earlier held by his father.
In 1926, he was rector of the University of Basel.
One of his students was Ernst Stueckelberg.
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Swiss physicist (1871-1955)
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August Hagenbach was born in 1871 in Basel.
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August Hagenbach was a physicist and university teacher.
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