Human Accomplishment: Victor Francis Hess

an Austrian-American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics, who discovered cosmic rays

Born

Victor Franz Hess 24 June 1883 Schloss Waldstein, Peggau, Austria-Hungary

Died

17 December 1964 (aged 81) Mount Vernon, New York, USA

Nationality

Austro-Hungarian, Austria, United States

Known for

Discovery of cosmic rays

Fields

Physics

Alma mater

University of Graz

Awards

Nobel Prize in Physics (1936)

Institutions

University of Graz Austrian Academy of Sciences University of Innsbruck Fordham University

Spouse(s)

Marie Bertha Warner Breisky ( m. 1920⁠–⁠1955) Elizabeth M. Hoenke ( m. 1955⁠–⁠1964) (1905-1973)

adultbasic

Austria

era

1800+

Victor Francis Hess