Eugen Goldstein
Eugen Goldstein | |
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| Born | 5 September 1850 |
| Died | 25 December 1930 (aged 80) |
| Resting place | Weißensee Cemetery, Berlin |
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| Awards | Hughes Medal (1908) |
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| Fields | Physics |
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| Academic advisors | Hermann von Helmholtz |
Eugen Goldstein (/ˈɡoʊldstaɪn/; German: [ˈɡoːltʃtaɪn] ⓘ; 5 September 1850 – 25 December 1930) was a German physicist. He was an early investigator of discharge tubes, and the discoverer of anode rays or canal rays, later identified as positive ions in the gas phase including the hydrogen ion.