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Authorised form of nameSchrodinger; Erwin (1887 - 1961)
Other forms of surnameSchroedinger
Dates1887 - 1961
NationalityAustrian
Place of birthVienna, Austria
Date of birth12 August 1887
Place of deathAlpbach, Austria
Date of death04/01/1961
Research fieldTheoretical physics
ActivityMedals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physics) 1933
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election12/05/1949
SourceSources:
DSB
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1961 vol 7 pp 221-228, plate, by W Heitler
References:
Sir Hermann Bondi, review of Walter Moore, Schrodinger: Life and Thought in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 313-315
G V R Born, FRS, 'The wide-ranging family history of Max Born' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 219-262
W Hayes, 'Physics as well as poetry. Physicists of Ireland, edited by M McCartney and A Whitaker' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 245-246
CodeNA7665
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1949/29Schrodinger, Erwin: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/004027Schrodinger, Erwin1986
PB/9/1/104Correspondence with Erwin Schrodinger1934-1949
IM/007177Schrodinger, Erwin1956
IM/004026Schrodinger, Erwinnd
IM/Meitner Graf/004025Schrodinger, Erwinnd
PB/1/33/1/8Nobel Prize1948
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