Friedrich Hund

Friedrich Hund (1896–1997) was a German physicist, university teacher, and non-fiction writer. Born in Karlsruhe and deceased in Göttingen, he held citizenship in Germany and the German Democratic Republic. His academic career included positions at Goethe University Frankfurt, Leipzig University, University of Göttingen, and Friedrich Schiller University Jena. He was educated at Leipzig University, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, University of Rostock, and University of Göttingen, with Max Born serving as his doctoral advisor.

Hund’s doctoral students included Harry Lehmann, Edward Teller, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, and Rudolf Peierls. He was a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, German Academy of Sciences at Berlin, Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Awards received include the National Prize of East Germany, Max Planck Medal, and Cothenius Medal. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

His notable works include *Das Naturbild der Physik*, *Max Born*, *James Franck*, *Physiker in ihrer Zeit*, *Materie als Feld*, *Die entwicklung und bedeutung des energiebegriffes*, and *Die Geschichte der Göttinger Physik*. He spoke German and had a son named Gerhard Hund.