| LC control no. | n 85375355 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Friedrich, Walter, 1883-1968 |
| Variant(s) | Friedrich, W. (Walter), 1883-1968 Friedrich, Walther, 1883-1968 |
| Associated country | Germany |
| Associated place | Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany |
| Located | Zeuthen, Germany |
| Place of birth | Magdeburg, Germany |
| Place of death | Berlin, Germany |
| Field of activity | Radiobiology Physics Universities and colleges--Administration Peace-building |
| Affiliation | Universität Freiburg im Breisgau Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| Profession or occupation | Radiobiologists Physicists College administrators Pacifists |
| Found in | Schierhorn, E. Walter Friedrich, 1983: t.p. (Walter Friedrich 12/25/1883 - 10/16/1968) Walter Friedrich: Leben und Wirken, 1963: signature under portrait, page 3 (W. Friedrich) DNB in VIAF, viewed May 22, 2013 (AAP: Friedrich, Walther, 1883-1968; variant forms: Friedrich, Walter; Friedrich, W.; German physicist, worked with radiation therapy for cancer) BnF in VIAF, viewed May 22, 2013 (AAP: Friedrich, Walter, 1883-; received medical degree, Munich, 1910) Wikipedia, German version, viewed May 22, 2013: article, Walter Friedrich (Biophysiker) (b. Dec. 25, 1883, in Salbke, now a city section of Magdeburg, d. Oct. 16, 1968, in Berlin; German biophysicist; began studies in music (violin) and physics, University of Geneva, 1905; subsequently dropped music as a field of study and transferred to University of Munich, receiving a doctoral degree in 1911 with a dissertation concerning x-rays; was a student in Munich of Wilhelm Röntgen, the discoverer of X-rays; professor, research institute director, and hospital clinic director at various universities, including Universität Freiburg (1914-1923), Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin (1923-1944), and the renamed [in the German Democratic Republic] Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (1947 until retirement in 1958), occupying various positions including Rektor [similar to President] in 1949-1952; president of numerous scientific societies; Vorsitzender (Chair) of the Friedensrat der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik from 1950 until his death; delegate to the East German legislature (Volkskammer), but never a member of a political party; lived in Zeuthen the last years of his life) |
| Associated language | ger |
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