Hedwig Kohn

Hedwig Kohn was a physicist who was one of only three women to obtain habilitation in physics in Germany before World War II. Born in Breslau in the German Empire, she was forced to leave Germany during the Nazi regime because she was Jewish.

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Who was born first?

• Hedwig Kohn and Charles Galton Darwin were born the same year
• Hedwig Kohn and James Batcheller Sumner were born the same year
• Hedwig Kohn and Leopold Ružička were born the same year
• Hedwig Kohn and Edward Andrade were born the same year
• Hedwig Kohn and Karl Taylor Compton were born the same year

Timeline

1. Charles Galton DarwinDecember 18, 1887 – December 31, 1962
2. Edward AndradeDecember 27, 1887 – June 6, 1971
3. Hedwig Kohn (this page)April 5, 1887 – March 26, 1964
4. James Batcheller SumnerNovember 19, 1887 – August 12, 1955
5. Karl Taylor ComptonSeptember 14, 1887 – June 22, 1954
6. Leopold RužičkaSeptember 13, 1887 – September 26, 1976

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• Isaac NewtonDecember 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727
• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
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• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizJune 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716