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Scientists beginning with "H"

  • Haas, Arthur Erich — (30.04.1884-20.02.1941) was an Austrian theoretical physicist.
  • Haas, Wander Johannes de — (21.03.1878-26.04.1960) was a Dutch physicist and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1922).
  • Haga, Herman — (24.01.1852-11.09.1936) - Dutch physicist.
  • Hagen, Ernst — (31.01.1851 -15.01.1923) - German physicist.
  • Hahn, Otto — (8.03.1879-28.07.1968) was a German radiochemist and physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1924).
  • Halban, Hans — (26.01.1908-28.02.1964)- experimental physicist.
  • Hall, Edwin Herbert — (7.02.1855-20.02.1938) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1911).
  • Hallwachs, Wilhelm Ludwig Franz — (9.07.1859—20.06.1922) was a German experimental physicist.
  • Hamilton, William Rowan — (4.08.1805—2.09.1865) was an Irish mathematician and physicist and a member of the Royal Irish Academy (1832), and its president in 1837—45.
  • Hankel, Wilhelm — (17.05.1814-17.02.1899) — German physicist.
  • Hanle, Wilhelm — (born 13.01.1901) is a German experimental physicist.
  • Hansen, William Webster — (27.05.1909-23.05.1949) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1949).
  • Harkins, William Draper — (28.12.1873 — 7.03.1951) was an American physicist and chemist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
  • Hartree, Douglas Rayner — (27.03.1897-12.02.1958) was an English theoretical physicist and mathematician and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1932).
  • Hasenöhrl, Friedrich — (30.11.1874-7.10.1915) was an Austrian theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
  • Hauksbee, Francis, the Elder — Hauksbee the Elder (1666-1713) was an English experimental physicist and a designer of scientific instruments, and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1705).
  • Hawking, Stephen William — (born 8.01.1942) is an English theoretical physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1974).
  • Heaviside, Oliver — (18.05.1850-03.02.1925) was an English physicist and mathematician and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1891).
  • Heisenberg, Werner Karl — (5.12.1901 - 1.02.1976) was a German theoretical physicist and one of the creators of quantum mechanics.
  • Heitler, Walter Heinrich — (2.01.1904-15.11.1981) was a theoretical physicist.
  • Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand — (31.08.1821-8.09.1894) was a German natural scientist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1871).
  • Henry, Joseph — (17.12.1797-13.05.1878) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences and its president (1866 — 78).
  • Herapath, John — (30.05.1790-24.02.1868) was an English physicist.
  • Heron of Alexandria — (probably 1st—2nd centuries AD) was an ancient Greek scholar and engineer.
  • Herring, Conyers — (born 15.11.1914) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1968).
  • Hertz, Gustav Ludwig — (22.07.1887-30.10.1975) was a German physicist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR.
  • Hertz, Heinrich Rudolf — (22.02.1857-1.01.1894) was a German physicist and a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1889).
  • Herzberg, Gerhard — (born 25.12.1904) is a Canadian experimental physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1939), of which he was president in 1966—67.
  • Hess, Victor Franz — (24.06.1883 - 17.12.1964) was an Austrian physicist and a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (1933).
  • Hevesy, George de — (1.08.1885-6.07.1966) was a chemist, physicist and radiobiologist.
  • Hirn, Gustave Adolphe — (21.08.1815-14.01.1890) was a French physicist and engineer and a corresponding member of the Paris Academy of Sciences.
  • Hittorf, Johann Wilhelm — (27.03.1824-28.11.1914) was a German physicist and chemist and a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1884).
  • Hofstadter, Robert — (born 5.02.1915) is an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1958).
  • Honda, Kotaro — (24.03.1870-12.02.1954) was a Japanese physicist.
  • Hooke, Robert — (18.07.1635-3.03.1703) was an English physicist, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1663) and its secretary in 1677 — 83.
  • Hopkinson, John — (27.07.1849-27.03.1898) was an English physicist and engineer and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1877).
  • Houston, William — (19.01.1900-22.07.1968) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1943).
  • Houtermans, Friedrich Georg — (22.01.1903-1.03.1966) was a physicist.
  • Hovi, Väinö Toivo — (born 29.09.1913) is a Finnish physicist and a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (1960).
  • Hristov, Hristo Yankov — (born 12.06.1915) is a Bulgarian theoretical physicist and a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1961).
  • Hubbard, John — (27.10.1931-27.02.1980) — English theoretical physicist.
  • Hückel, Erich — (9.08.1896-16.02.1980) was a German theoretical physicist.
  • Hughes, David Edward — (16.05.1831-21.01.1900) was an English physicist and inventor and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1880).
  • Hughes, Donald James — (2.04.1915 — 1960) was an American experimental physicist.
  • Hulubei, Horia — (15.02.1896-22.02.1972) was a Romanian physicist and a member of the Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania (1955).
  • Hund, Friedrich — (born 4.02.1896) is a German theoretical physicist and a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.
  • Huygens, Christiaan — (14.04.1629-8.07.1695) was a Dutch physicist, mechanician, mathematician and astronomer.
  • Hylleraas, Egil Andersen — (15.05.1898-28.10.1965) was a Norwegian theoretical physicist.