About Ernst Wagner
Lived 1876 – 1928 (aged 52). Ernst Wagner was a German physicist.
Ernst Wagner (1876–1928) was a German physicist. He was born on 14 August 1876 at Hildburghausen. He first studied medicine and physics at the University of Würzburg, the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin, and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, obtaining his doctorate under Wilhelm Röntgen in 1903. He became Privatdozent in spring 1909 and extraordinary professor in 1915 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Wagner was notable for his work on X-rays and on the absolute measurement of high pressure.
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Who was Ernst Wagner?
German physicist (1876-1928)
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Ernst Wagner was born on 14 August 1876 in Hildburghausen.
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Ernst Wagner died on 1 November 1928 in Würzburg.
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Ernst Wagner was a physicist.
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Ernst Wagner was German.
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