Paul Scherrer

Paul Hermann Scherrer (3 February 1890 – 25 September 1969) was a Swiss physicist. Born in St. Gallen, Switzerland, he studied at Göttingen, Germany, before becoming a lecturer there. Later, Scherrer became head of the Department of Physics at ETH Zurich.

Paul Scherrer
Born
Paul Hermann Scherrer

3 February 1890
Died25 September 1969 (1969-09-26) (aged 79)
Zurich, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Alma materSwiss Federal Polytechnic
University of Göttingen
Known forDebye–Scherrer method
Scherrer equation
AwardsMarcel Benoist Prize (1943)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
InstitutionsETH Zurich
University of Göttingen
Doctoral advisorPeter Debye
Doctoral studentsFelix Boehm
Egon Bretscher
Hans Frauenfelder
Bernd T. Matthias
Julius Adams Stratton
Fritz Zwicky
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