Friedrich Paschen

Friedrich Paschen was a German physicist and university teacher born in Schwerin on January 22, 1865. He worked at the University of Tübingen, Leibniz University Hannover, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and the University of Bonn. Paschen received his education at the University of Strasbourg and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, where his doctoral advisor was August Kundt. He died in Potsdam on February 25, 1947, and is buried at Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf.

Paschen was a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the Rumford Medal and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics. His doctoral students included Ernst Emil Alexander Back, Georg Joos, and Walter Gerlach. Paschen spoke German and is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.