Rudolf Schrödinger
Rudolf Schrödinger | |
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Portrait of Schrödinger | |
| Born | January 27, 1857 |
| Died | December 1919 (aged 62) Vienna, Austria |
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| Children | Erwin Schrödinger |
| Relatives | Terry Rudolph (great-grandson) |
Rudolf Schrödinger (January 27, 1857 – December 1919) was an Austrian industrialist, botanist, and painter, as well as the father of Erwin Schrödinger—the renowned physicist known chiefly for his contributions to quantum mechanics, one of which being his famous cat thought experiment.