Victor Francis Hess

Victor Francis Hess
Victor Francis Hess
	Hess in 1936
Born	Victor Franz Hess; 24 June 1883; Schloss Waldstein, Styria, Austria-Hungary
Died	17 December 1964 (aged 81); Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Citizenship	Austria; United States (1944–1964);
Alma mater	University of Graz; University of Vienna (PhD, 1910);
Known for	Discovering cosmic rays (1912)
Spouses	; Marie Bertha Warner Breisky (m. 1920; died 1955) Elizabeth M. Hoenke (m. 1955)
Awards	Lieben Prize (1919); Nobel Prize in Physics (1936);
	Scientific career
Fields	Particle physics
Institutions	Institute for Radium Research (1910–1920); University of Graz (1923–1931); University of Innsbruck (1931–1938); Fordham University (1938–1958);

Victor Franz Hess (German: [ˈvɪktɔʁ ˈfʁants ˈhɛs]; 24 June 1883 – 17 December 1964) was an Austrian-American particle physicist who shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics with Carl David Anderson "for his discovery of cosmic radiation".

Victor Francis Hess
Hess in 1936
Born	Victor Franz Hess (1883-06-24)24 June 1883 Schloss Waldstein, Styria, Austria-Hungary
Died	17 December 1964(1964-12-17) (aged 81) Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Citizenship	Austria United States (1944–1964)
Alma mater	University of Graz University of Vienna (PhD, 1910)
Known for	Discovering cosmic rays (1912)
Spouses	Marie Bertha Warner Breisky (m. 1920; died 1955) Elizabeth M. Hoenke (m. 1955)
Awards	Lieben Prize (1919) Nobel Prize in Physics (1936)
Scientific career
Fields	Particle physics
Institutions	Institute for Radium Research (1910–1920) University of Graz (1923–1931) University of Innsbruck (1931–1938) Fordham University (1938–1958)