Paul Scherrer
Paul Scherrer | |
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| Born | Paul Hermann Scherrer 3 February 1890 |
| Died | 25 September 1969 (aged 79) Zürich, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Alma mater | Swiss Federal Polytechnic University of Göttingen |
| Known for | Debye–Scherrer method Scherrer equation |
| Awards | Marcel Benoist Prize (1943) Honoris Causa doctorate by the Complutense University of Madrid (1966) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | ETH Zurich University of Göttingen |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter Debye |
| Doctoral students | Felix Boehm Egon Bretscher Hans Frauenfelder Bernd T. Matthias Julius Adams Stratton Fritz Zwicky |
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Paul Hermann Scherrer (3 February 1890 – 25 September 1969) was a Swiss physicist. Born in St. Gallen, Switzerland, he studied at Göttingen, Germany, before becoming a lecturer there. Later, Scherrer became head of the Department of Physics at ETH Zurich.