Victor Francis Hess

Victor Franz Hess was an Austrian and American physicist, researcher, university teacher, and chemist. He was educated at the University of Graz and held positions at the University of Vienna, University of Innsbruck, University of Graz, and Fordham University. His professional interests included physics, and he spoke English and German.

Hess received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Lieben Prize, and the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art. He was a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the Fatherland Front political party. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics.

His notable works include *Die elektrische leitfähigkeit der atmosphäre und ihre ursachen* and *The electrical conductivity of the atmosphere and its causes*. Hess was born in 1883 and died in Mount Vernon in 1964.