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Hertha Sponer

German scienitst

Died when: 72 years 179 days (869 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

Hertha Sponer

Hertha Sponer (1 September 1895 – 27 February 1968) was a German physicist and chemist who contributed to modern quantum mechanics and molecular physics and was the first woman on the physics faculty of Duke University.

She was the older sister of philologist and resistance fighter Margot Sponer.


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