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Authorised form of name	Nernst; Hermann Walther (1864 - 1941)
Other forms of name	Walter Hermann
Dates	1864 - 1941
Place of birth	Briesen [Wabrzezno, Germany]
Date of birth	25 June 1864
Place of death	Bad Muskau, Germany
Date of death	18 or 19 November 1941
Research field	Chemistry
Activity	Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1920
Membership category	Foreign Member
Date of election	02/06/1932
Source	Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Authority: AltName from The Times, 25 June 2001 Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1942-1944 vol 4 pp 101-112, plate, by Cherwell and F Simon References: J S Rowlinson, 'The Third Law', review of D K Barkan, Walther Nernst and the Transition to Modern Physical Science in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 123-124 W 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 Notes: Year Book of Austrian Academy and DSB give death date as 18 November 1941.
Code	NA6583

Archives associated with this Fellow

RefNo	Title	Date
MM/17/40	Postcard from Walther Nernst to Sir Alfred Egerton	20 July 1939
EC/1932/21	Nernst, Hermann Walther: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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