Ernst Wagner (1876-1928) was a German physicist. He was born on 14 August 1876 at Hildburghausen. He first studied medicine and physics at the Universities of Würzburg, Berlin, and Munich, obtaining his doctorate under

Wilhelm Röntgen Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (; ; 27 March 184510 February 1923) was a German mechanical engineer and physicist, who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achiev ...

in 1903. He became ''Privatdozent'' in spring 1909 and extraordinary professor in 1915 at the University of Munich. Wagner was notable for his work on X-rays and on the absolute measurement of high pressure.

References

*J. Mehra and H. Rechenburg, ''Historical Development of Quantum Theory,'' Vol. 1, Springer, p. 322

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wagner, Ernst 20th-century German physicists People from Hildburghausen Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Academic staff of the University of Würzburg 1876 births 1928 deaths