Winfried Otto Schumann

Winfried Otto Schumann
Born(1888-05-20)May 20, 1888
Tübingen, Germany
DiedSeptember 22, 1974(1974-09-22) (aged 86)
Munich, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materKarlsruhe Institute of Technology
Known forSchumann resonances
Scientific career
InstitutionsBrown, Boveri & Cie
University of Stuttgart
University of Jena
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Technical University of Munich
Doctoral advisorEngelbert Arnold
Doctoral studentsFritz Borgnis

Winfried Otto Schumann (May 20, 1888 September 22, 1974) was a German physicist and electrical engineer who predicted the Schumann resonances, a series of low-frequency resonances caused by lightning discharges in the atmosphere.