Rudolf Schrödinger

Rudolf Schrödinger
Portrait of Schrödinger
BornJanuary 27, 1857
DiedDecember 1919 (aged 62)
Vienna, Austria
Occupations
  • Industrialist
  • botanist
ChildrenErwin Schrödinger
RelativesTerry 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.