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Philipp Lenard

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Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard was a Hungarian-German experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1905 for his work on cathode rays. His research showed that the energy of electrons ejected from a cathode depends only on the frequency of the light striking it and not on its intensity, a finding that became central to later understanding of the photoelectric effect.

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Birth Year
1862 1
Death Date
1947-05-20 1
Death Year
1947 1
Death Place
Messelhausen, Germany 1
Nationality
Germany 1
Nationality
Hungary 1
Birthplace
Bratislava, Slovakia 1
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
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1. Philipp Lenard (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +1947-05-20T00:00:00Z
  • P570 (date of death): full date
    +1947-05-20T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Germany
    Q183
  • P20 (place of death): Messelhausen, Germany
    Q1924088
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Hungary
    Q28
  • P19 (place of birth): Bratislava, Slovakia
    Q1780
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Philipp Lenard (Wikipedia)
  • Member Of: University of Bonn, Infobox, workplaces
    Infobox workplaces: University of Budapest University of Bonn University of Breslau RWTH Aachen University of Heidelberg Kiel University
  • Works In: Physics, Lead sentence
    Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard (; 7 June 1862-20 May 1947) was a Hungarian-German experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1905 for his work on cathode rays.
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