| Authorised form of name | Franck; James (1882 - 1964) |
| Dates | 1882 - 1964 |
| Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany |
| Date of birth | 26 August 1882 |
| Place of death | Gottingen, Germany |
| Date of death | 21/05/1964 |
| Research field | Physics |
| Activity | Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physics) 1925 |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 23/04/1964 |
| Source | Sources:
DSB
References:
G V R Born, FRS, 'The wide-ranging family history of Max Born' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 219-262
William van der Kloot, 'April 1915: Five Future Nobel Prize-Winners Inaugurate Weapons Of Mass Destruction And The Academic-Industrial-Military Complex' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 149-160
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1965 vol 11 pp 53-74, plate, by H G Kuhn |
| Code | NA986 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1964/26 | Franck, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/66/299 | Copy letter from [William Bate Hardy, Secretary] of the Royal Society; to Sir Ernest Rutherford, FRS | 4 April 1924 |