Short biography

1904	born on 9. Januar 1904 in Hamburg
1927	PhD with Walther Gerlach in Tübingen
1927-1932	scientific assistant at the TH Hannover
1932-1939	research assistant at the University of Hamburg
1938	Habilitation for "physical chemistry" in Hamburg
1939-1945	Private lecturer at the University of Hamburg
1939-1945	Participation in the German uranium project ("Uranium Association")
1944-1945	Head of the research group on uranium enrichment in Celle (Seidenwerk Spinnhütte), a branch of the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the University of Hamburg
1945-1948	associate professor at the University of Hamburg
1948-1950	a.o. Professor at the University of Hamburg
1950-1972	Chair of physical chemistry at the University of Bonn
1953	Appointment to the chair of physical chemistry at the University of Hamburg (rejected in 1954)
1956	Founding member and first chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Jülich Nuclear Research Centre
1965-1966	Rector of the University of Bonn
1977	died on 20 February 1977 in Bonn

Further Information

• Wilhelm Groth on his 65th birthday
•  Entry in the Hamburg catalogue of professors 

Publications

(only until end of time in Hamburg, until 1950)