Kohn, Hedwig
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Kohn, Hedwig
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Kohn, Hedwig
Kohn, Hedwig 1887-1965
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Kohn, Hedwig, 1887-1964.
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Kohn, Hedwig, 1887-1964.
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Physicist; born in Breslau, Germany. Received Ph.D., University of Breslau, 1913; became Lecturer in Physics, 1930. Worked with the nature of light emission from metal vapors in flames. Emigrated to the U.S. in the late 1930s; made instructor in physics at Women's College of the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, 1940. Appointed lecturer at Wellesley College in physics, 1942; associate professor, 1945; full professor, 1948. After retiring joined the staff of the physics department at Duke University.
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