Prof. Friedrich Adolf (Fritz) Paneth, 1887-1958

Friedrich Adolf (Fritz) Paneth (1887-1958): educated at the Universities of Vienna, Munich and Glasgow; Professor and Director of Chemical Laboratories, Königsberg University, 1929-1933; left Germany because of political developments there; Reader in Atomic Chemistry, University of London, 1939; Professor of Chemistry, University of Durham, 1939-1953; Head of Chemistry Division, Joint British-Canadian Atomic Energy Team, 1943-1945; Director Max-Planck-Institut für Chimie, 1953-1958; F.R.S. 1947.

From the guide to the Paneth Lantern Slides, ca.1929-ca.1933, (Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections)