Wolfgang Paul

Curriculum Vitae

Born 10 August 1913 in Lorenzkirch, Germany; 1939 Dr.-lng., Technische Hochschule, Charlottenberg; since 1952 Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Bonn; 1965-1967 Director of the Division of Nuclear Physics at CERN. German citizen.

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Physikalisches Institut der Universität Bonn
Nussallee 12
D-5300 Bonn
Federal Republic of Germany tel inst: +49 – (228) 732345 vx

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Wolfgang Paul died on December 7, 1993.

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