UHLENBECK, G. E.* b. 1900, Batavia, Java.
1917-18, Techn. Hogesch. Delft.
1918-22, U. Leiden.
1922-25, Tutoring, Rome.
1925-27, U. Leiden: 1925-26, Asst. to P. Ehrenfest; 1927, Dr. phys. with Ehrenfest. 1927, Lorentz Fel., U. Copenhagen, then U. Göttingen.
1927-35, U. Michigan: 1927-28, Instr.; 1928-30, Asst. Prof.; 1930-35, Assoc. Prof.
1935-39, U. Utrecht, Prof.
Interviews
Five sessions, 67 pp. transcript.
Letters to
EHRENFEST: [Jul 25], 7 Aug [25], 28 Aug [25], 1 letter [undated], (75,2) ; 25 Feb 30 (64,2).
GOUDSMIT: 7 Oct [25], 13 Oct 25, 27 Oct 25, (60,5) ; 1926, 7 Dec 26, 8 Dec [261, 9 Dec 26, (60,9); 11 Jan 27 (61,1) ; [18 Aug 31] (65,4).
KRAMERS: 2 letters 1937 and [undated] (10,14) 2 Aug 41 (14,5).
RANDALL: 2 Jun 30 (64,4).
Letters from
See: EHRENFEST, GOUDSMIT, KLEIN, OPPENHEIMER, RANDALL.
Manuscripts
Memoir, "Recollections of the Advent of Electron Spin," Jul-Sep 59, (66,6).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
PAULI COLLECTION, Zurich, Switzerland. See: Pauli.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. Letter to London, 3 May 38. See: London.

 

UREY, H. C.* b. 1893, Walkerton, Ind., U.S.A.
1911-14, Schoolteacher, Indiana and Montana.
1914-21, U. Montana: 1919-21, Instr.; except 1917-19, Barrett Co., Baltimore, Res. Chemist.
1921-23, U. California, Berkeley: 1923, Ph.D. with A. R. Olsen and G. N. Lewis.
1923-24, U. Copenhagen, American-Scandinavian Found. Fel. with N. Bohr.
1924-29, Johns Hopkins U., Assoc.
1929-45, Columbia U.: 1929-34, Assoc. Prof.; 1934-45, Prof.
Interviews:
Two sessions, 34 pp. transcript.
Letters to
KEMBLE: 2 Jun 24, 30 May 25, 14 Jun 25, 18 Jun 25, 17 Oct 25, 18 Feb 26, (52,8); 27 Nov 34, 22 May 35, (54,9).
KRAMERS: 9 Nov 24 (8,12); 9 Jun 38 (10,14).
SHENSTONE: 2 and 5 Jul 28 (59,3).
Letters from
See: GOUDSMIT, KFMBLE, KRAMERS.
 
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 22 May 23, 27 May 24, 12 Aug 24, 30 Sep 24, 30 Jul 26, 9 Jul 30, 24 Nov 34, 17 Jan 35, 20 May 35, 7 letters 1947-62; to Kramers, 6 Aug 25, 14 Sep 25. See: Bohr.
RUTHERFORD COLLECTION, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England. Letters to Rutherford, 6 Jul 33, 15 May 34. See: Rutherford.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, New York, N.Y. Interview with Urey as Nobel Laureate.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. Letter to London, 12 Jul 29.

 

VAN VLECK, J. H.* b. 1899, Middletown, Conn., U.S.A.
1916-20, U. Wisconsin; 1920, summer, U. Chicago. 1920-23, U. Harvard: 1922, Ph.D. with E. C. Kemble; 1922-23, Instr.
1923, summer, U. Copenhagen.
1923-28, U. Minnesota: 1923-26, Asst. Prof.; 1926-27, Assoc. Prof.; 1927-28, Prof.
1928-34, U. Wisconsin, Prof.
1934 to date, Harvard U., Prof.
Interviews:
Two sessions, 58 pp. transcript.
Letters to
BECQUEREL: 21 May 34 (10,14).
BIRGE: 16 Sep 26, 31 Sep 26, 2 Mar 27, 19 Jul 28, 19 Feb 29, (49,2).
BORN: 13 Nov 24, 19 Oct 25, 5 Nov 25, 8 Jan 26, (49,3).
BREIT: 26 Jan 27, 19 Feb 29, (49,3).
DARWIN: 4 Nov 26, 28 Sep 37, (49,4).
DIEKE: 27 Sep 25, 29 Oct 25, (49,4).
DIRAC: 26 Oct 28, 22 Feb 29, (49,5).
FOOTE:: 24 Sep 24, 21 Nov 24, 28 Jan 25, 10 Aug 25, 7 Dec 25, 2 Feb 26, 8 Feb [26], (49,6).
R. H. FOWLER: 21 May 32 (49,6).
GOUDSMIT: 3 Nov 32 (65,8).
HILL: 18 Mar 29 (49,7).
KEMBLE: 22 Aug 22, 18 Sep 22, 6 Aug 23, (52,9); 1 Dec 24, 15 Dec 24, (52,9) (49,8) ; 2 Nov 25 (52,9); 19 Apr 26, 10 May 26, (49,8); 1 Nov 26 (52,9) (49,8) ; 1 Dec 26 (49,8) ; 19 Jan 28, 12 Feb 28, 9 Jul 28, (52,9) (49,8) ; 7 letters 1937, (54,10).
KENNARD: 14 Jan 29 (49,9).
KRAMERS: 25 May 22, 28 Jul 22, (BSC 8,3) ; 22 Sep 24 (8,12) (49,9) ; 30 Nov 24, 22 Apr 28, 15 May 28, 16 Jan 29, (49,9) ; 23 May 34 (49,9) (10,14) ; 2 letters 1938-39, 1 letter [undated], (10, 14); 2 letters 1941-51 (14,6).
KRONIG: 18 Sep 26 (16,11) (49,10); 7 Oct 26 (16,11); 24 Apr,27, 28 Apr 28, 24 Jun 28, (49,10) (16,11) 26 Jul 28, 27 Aug 28, (16,11).
LANDÉ,: 4 Jan 22, 17 Jan 24, (4,21).
MULLIKEN: 17 Jan 27, 22 Feb 27, 25 Mar 28, 23 Jun 28, 15 Jan 29, 14 Feb 29, (49,11).
PAULING: 27 Apr 26 (76,2).
RUARK: 4 Jan 27 (49,13).
SLATER: 15 Dec 24, 3 Feb 25, 8 Jun 28, 12 Nov 28, (49,14).
Letters from
See: BIRGE, BORN, BREIT, BRILLOUIN, CASIMIR, DARWIN, DEBYE, DENNISON, DIEKE, DIRAC, FOOTE, GOUDSMIT, HILL, KEMBLE, KENNARD, KRAMERS, KRONIG, MULLIKEN, REICHE, RUARK, SLATER.
Manuscripts
Paragraph by paragraph summary of Bohr's "Über die Anwendung der Quantentheorie auf den Atombau. I. Die Grundpostulate der Quantentheorie," Zs. f. Phys. 13 (1923): p. 117, 4 pp., [Jul 23] (49,1).
Carbon copies of 2 separated sheets, one giving bibliography on, and the other conclusions of, the new quantum mechanics, 1928 (49,1).
"Plans for Study" in connection with application for Guggenheim Fellowship, 2 pp., [1929] (49,1).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. See: Bohr.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, D.C. Correspondence with Veblen, 1925-41.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, New York, N.Y. Autobiographical memoir.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. Letter to London, 3 May 38. See: London.

 

VEGARD, LARS. b. 1880, Vegaarshei, Norway.
1899-1905, U. Oslo.
1908-10, U. Cambridge and U. Leeds.
1910-13, U. Oslo: 1910-11, Asst.; 1913, Dr. phil.; except 1911-12, U. Würzburg.
1913-50, U. Oslo: 1913-18, Lect.; 1918-50, Prof.
Letters to
BOHR: 16 Sep 18, 18 Oct 18, 19 Jan 21, (BSC 8,3).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2 letters to Bohr, 1941. See: Bohr.
LIBRARY OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY, Stockholm, Sweden. Letter to Oseen, 18 Oct 18.

 

VOIGT, WOLDEMAR.* b. 1850, Leipzig, Germany; d. 1919, Göttingen, Germany.
1867-70, U. Leipzig.
1870-71, Milit. Serv.
1871-74, U. Königsberg: 1874, Dr. phil. with F. Neumann.
1874-75, Asst. Teacher, Nicolai Gymnasium, Leipzig.
1875-83, U. Königsberg, a. o. Prof.
1883-1919, U. Göttingen, o. Prof.: 1914-19, Dir, Phys. Inst.
Letters to
GERLACH: 29 Oct 18 (19,9).
SOMMERFELD: 18 Oct [?], 26 Nov 99, 3 Dec 99, 17 Oct 02, 27 Nov 02, 9 Dec 02, 9 Apr 09, 25 Nov 09, 26 Jan 13, 7 Mar 13, 16 Mar 13, 26 Mar 13, 31 Mar 13, 6 Nov 13, (34,8).
Letters from
See: SOMMERFELD.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin, Germany [DDR]. 4 letters to Althoff, 1906-18. (Nachlass Althoff ).
DEUTSCHE: STAATSBIBLIOTH EK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany (BRD]. Letter to Karl Brugmann, 1878; to Konrad Dieterici, 1899; 2 to "Geheimrat," 1882-84; 2 to Geitel, 1912; to Chr. Göppert, 1875; to Kayser, 27 Jun 13, 11 Jul 13, 19 letters 1902-19; 3 to Königsberger, 1899-1909; 3 to the Rector of the Univ., 1890-93; 2 letters, 1878, 1896. (Darmstaedter Coll., Fla 1891).
UNIVERSITÄTSBIBLIOTHEK, Heidelberg, Germany [BRD]. 3 letters to K. H. F. Rosenbusch, 1886; 1 letter, 1888. (Heid. Hs. 3400).
DEUTSCHES MUSEUM, Munich, Germany [BRD]. Letter to L. Graetz, 1901; correspondence with L. Kaiser, 1883-1916, 60 pp; 32 letters to Runge, 1901-04.
UNIVERSITETSBIBLIOTFKET, Uppsala, Sweden. Letter to A. Holmgren, 1896.

 

WAERDEN, B. L. VAN DER. b. 1903, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1919-24, U. Amsterdam and U. Göttingen.
1924-26, U. Göttingen and U. Hamburg.
1926, U. Amsterdam, Dr. wis.- en natuurkunde with H. de Vries.
1926-27, U. Hamburg, Asst.
1927-28, U. Göttingen, Asst. and Priv.-Doz.
1928-31, U. Groningen, Prof.
1931-45, U. Leipzig, o. Prof.
Letters to
KRAMERS: 12 Dec 48 (14,7).
SCHRÖDINGER: 3 letters, 1932 (37,14).
SOMMERFELD: 2 Apr 37 (34,10).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letter to Bohr, 1948.
BIBLIOTHEK DER EIDGENÖSSISCHEN TECHNISCHEN HOCHSCHULE, Zurich, Switzerland. Letters to Weyl, 27 Mar 30, 8 Apr 30, 29 Dec 31.

 

WALLER, IVAR.* b. 1898, Uppsala, Sweden.
c. 1918-25, U. Uppsala: 1925, Fil. D.
1925-27, U. Copenhagen.
1925 to date, U. Uppsala: 1925-34, Dozent; 1934 to date, Prof.
Letters to
JORDAN: 18 Oct 27,16 Apr 28, 10 Jun 28, (18,9).
KRAMERS: 2 letters 1949 (14,7).
SCHRÖDINGER: 16 Jul 26 (41,11).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 29 Dec 26, 3 Jan 27, 22 Aug 27, 19 Feb 28, 15 Feb 29, 10 Apr 29.
LIBRARY OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY, Stockholm, Sweden. Letters to Oseen, 2 Aug 25, 25 Jun 26, 24 Sep 27, 28 Sep 27, 29 Oct 27, 13 Mar 28, 3 May 28, 13 May 28, 17 May 28, 30 May 28, 18 Jun 28, 27 Aug 28, 5 Jul 30, 10 Dec 30, 13 Mar 31, 10 Apr 31, 3 letters [undated].

 

WARBURG, EMIL. b. 1846, Altona, Germany; d. 1931, Gut Grunau, near Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany.
1863-65, U. Heidelberg.
1865-67, U. Berlin: 1867, Dr. phil., with G. Magnus.
1870-72, U. Berlin, Priv.-Doz.
1872-76, U. Strassburg, a. o. Prof.
1876-95. U. Freiburg/Breisgau, o. Prof.
1895-1922, U. Berlin, o. Prof.
1905-22, Phys.-Techn. Reichsanstalt, Berlin, Pres.
Letters from
See: BOHR.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. Letter to Althoff, 1895; 3 to Kultusminister Bosse, 1899; to Darmstaedter, 1918; 16 to Elster and Geitel, 1899-1911; to Kayser, 10 Dec 04; to Joh. Königsberger, 1910; 2 to L. Königsberger, 1895; to Kuckuck, 1895; to Carl Posner, 1897; to the Rektor der Universitgt Berlin, 1871; to the Rektor Kekule von Stradonitz, Berlin, 1901; to Scheel, 7 Mar 15; to Waldeyer, 1905; to Otto Warburg, 1897; 3 to Wiedemann, 1891-1904. 2 lecture announcements, 19 Oct 1874, 19 Apr 1877; 2 lecture announcements, [undated]. (Darmstaedter Coll., Fle 1880).
BAYERISCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHFX, Munich, Germany [BRD]. 16 letters to Groth, 1882-1900.
DEUTSCHES MUSEUM, Munich, Germany [BRD]. Letter to Runge, 18 Jun 98; 2 letters to Deutsches Museum, 1904; 2 to H. Hertz, 1889; 2 to Museum für Meisterwerke, 1903.
UNIVERSITETSBIBLIOTEKET, Uppsala, Sweden. Letter to "Herr Ratenen," 1904. (Waller Coll.).
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 4 items 1912-26.

 

WEBSTER, D. L. b. 1888, Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
1910-17, Harvard U.: 1910, A.B.; 1910-11, Instr.; 1911-15, Asst.; 1913, Ph.D.; 1915-17, Instr.
1917-18, U. Michigan, Asst. Prof., then Milit. Serv.
1918-20, Mass. Inst. Techn., Asst. Prof.
1920-54, Stanford U., Prof.
Letters to
GOUDSMIT: 12 May 31 (65,3); 2 Jun 31 (65,4); 18 Mar 32 (65,6); 19 Apr 32, 24 May 32, (65,7).
KRAMERS: 10 Jun 24, 31 Jul 24, (8,12).
Letters from
See: GOUDSMIT, KEMBLE, KRAMERS.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, New York, N.Y. Tape-recorded interview.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, New York, N.Y. Interview.

 

WEISS, PIERRE. b. 1865, Mulhouse, France; d. 1940, Lyon, France.
1883-87, U. Zurich.
1888-95, École Norm. Sup., Paris: 1892-95, Res. Asst. to J. Violle.
1895-99, U. Rennes, Maître de Conférences.
1896, U. Paris, Dr. ès sci. with Violle.
1899-1903, U. Lyon, Prof.
1903-19, Eidgn. Techn. Hochsch. Zurich, Prof., except 1915-16, worked in Direction des Inventions, Paris.
1919-39, U. Strasbourg, Prof.: 1919-36, Dir., Phys. Inst.
Misc.: 1910, U. Leiden, with H. Kamerlingh-Onnes.
Letters to
KRAMERS: 3 letters, 1939 (10,15).
Letters from
See: KAPITZA.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. Letter to Prof. L. Darmstaedter, 1911; to Iklé, 1904. "Ausspruch wissenschaftlichen Inhalts," 2 May 11. (Darmstaedter Coll. F2e 1895).
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. 3 letters to London, 1937-39.

 

WEISSKOPF, V. F.* b. 1908, Vienna, Austria.
1926-28, U. Vienna.
1928-31, U. Göttingen: 1931, Dr. phil. with M. Bom
1931-32, U. Leipzig, U. Berlin, U. Kharkov.
1932-34, Rockefeller Found. Fel.: 1932-33, U. Copenhagen; 1933-34, U. Cambridge.
1934-36, Eidgn. Techn. Hochsch. Zurich, Asst. to W. Pauli.
1936-37, U. Copenhagen.
1937-40, U. Rochester, Instr.
Interviews
One session, 28 pp. transcript.
Letters to
HEISENBERG: 27 Apr [34], 1 May 34, 3 May 34, 16 May [34], 21 Sep 34, 13 Oct 34, [Oct 1934], 26 Oct [34], (45,3).
KRAMERS: 26 May [391 (10,15).
OPPENHEIMER: 9 Feb 35 (45,3).
SOMMERFELD: 16 Apr 37 (34,11).
Letters from
See: KRAMERS, PAULI.
Manuscripts
Draft of "Die Bose-Hyperquantelung der Schrö.Gordongleichung," 7 pp. (45;3).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 15 Dec 31, 28 Jul [32], 7 Nov 33, 13 Nov [33], 18 Dec [33], 12 letters 1945-61; to Rosenfeld, 2 Dec [33]. See: Bohr.
LIBRARY OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY, Stockholm, Sweden. Letter to Oseen, 27 Jun 32.
PAULI COLLECTION, Zurich, Switzerland. See: Pauli.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. Letters to London, 26 Nov 31, 12 Dec 31, 22 Apr 32, 15 May 32, 2 letters 1935-38. See: London.

 

WEIZSÄCKER, C. F. VON.* b. 1912, Kiel, Germany.
1929-36, U. Leipzig: 1933, Dr. phil. with W. Heisenberg; 1933-36, Asst. to Heisenberg; except 1929, U. Berlin and summer 1931, U. Göttingen.
1936-42, Kaiser Wilhelm Inst. f. Phys., Berlin-Dahlem, Res. Physicist: 1937-42, Priv.-Doz.
Interviews
One session, 27 pp. transcript.
Letters to
SCHRÖDINGER: 30 May 52 (37,14).
SOMMERFELD: 4 Jul 42 (34,11).
 
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. 30 letters to Bohr, 1938-62. See: Bohr.
PAULI COLLECTION, Zurich, Switzerland. Letter to Pauli, 27 Aug 56. See: Pauli.

 

WENTZEL, GREGOR.* b. 1898, Düsseldorf, Germany.
1916-19, U. Freiburg; except 1917-18, Milit. Serv.
1919-20, U. Greifswald.
1920-26, U. Munich: 1921, Dr. phil. with A. Sommerfeld; 1921-22, Asst.; 1922-26, Priv.-Doz.
1926-28, U. Leipzig, a. o. Prof.
1928-48, U. Zurich, o. Prof.
Misc.: 1925-26, U. Hamburg.
1930, U. Wisconsin, Visiting Prof.
Interviews
Three unrecorded sessions, 18 pp. notes.
Letters to
JORDAN: 24 Apr 26, 15 Jun 26, (18,9).
KRAMERS: 2 letters 1945 (14,7).
LANDÉ: 7 Nov 24 (4,21).
SOMMERFELD: 26 May 27, 12 May 28, 17 May 29, 17 Sep 29, 25 Jan 31, (34,12).
Letters from
See: BLOCH, BORN, PAULI, SCHÖDINGER, SOMMERFELD.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
PAULI COLLECTION, Zurich, Switzerland. See: Pauli.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, New York, N.Y. Autobiographical memoir.

 

WEREIDE, THORSTEIN. b. 1882, Gloppen, Nordfjord, Norway.
1903-13, U. Oslo: 1913, Dr. Phil. with O. E. Schiötz.
1913-16, U. Paris, U. Leipzig, and U. Göttingen.
1916 to date, U. Oslo: 1919 to date, Lect.
Misc.: 1924-26, U. Berlin.
1931, U. Vienna.
Letters to
BOHR: 29 Sep 16, 17 Sep 17, 7 Oct 17, 14 Oct 17, 11 Nov 17, 19 Aug 22,6-Sep 22, (BSC 8,3).
Letters from
See: BOHR.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
LIBRARY OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY, Stockholm, Sweden. Letter to Oseen, 4 Oct 14.

 

WERNER, SVEN. b. 1898, Copenhagen, Denmark.
1916-21, Tekn. Højsk. Copenhagen.
1923-36, U. Copenhagen: 1923-27, Asst.; 1927, Dr. Phil. with N. Bohr; 1927-36, Docent.
1936-38, Tekn. Højsk. Copenhagen, Prof.
1938-58, U. Aarhus, Prof.
Letters to
KRAMERS: 18 Mar 22, 24 Mar 22, 17 Jan 25, 2 Feb 25, (8,12).
Letters from
See: BOHR.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 4 Mar 27, 12 letters 1938-46; 4 letters to C. D. Ellis, 1922; to A. Fowler, 14 Nov 24; to V. M. Goldschmidt, 1924; correspondence with K. A. Nissen in the 1930s; to Oldenberg, 11 Nov 26; to Takamine, 30 Oct 24. See: Bohr.

 

WEYL, HERMANN. b. 1885, Elmshorn, Germany; d. 1955, Zurich, Switzerland.
1905-06, U. Munich.
1906-08, U. Göttingen: 1908, Dr. Phil. with D. Hilbert.
1910-13, U. Göttingen, Priv.-Doz.
1913-30, Eidgn. Techn. Hochsch. Zurich, Prof. 1930-33, U. Göttingen, Prof.
1933-51, Inst. Adv. Study, Princeton, Prof.
Misc.: 1928-29, U. Princeton, Prof.
Letters to
JORDAN: 27 Sep 25, 13 Nov 25, 23 Nov 25, 25 Nov 25 (18,10).
SOMMERFELD: 26 Mar 11, 19 Sep 11, (34,12).
Letters from
See: SCHRÖDINGER.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
LIBRARY OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY, Stockholm, Sweden. Letter to Oseen, 30 Aug 25.
BIBLIOTHEK DER EIDGENÖSSISCHEN TECHNISCHEN HOCHSCHULE, Zurich, Switzerland. 4 letters to Paul Bernays, 1935-40; to L. Bieberbach, 1931; 4 to G. D. Birkhoff, 1942-44; to R. Brauer, 1936; to C. Carathéodory, 1935; to M. R. Cohen, 1935; to Courant, 27 Jan 34, 28 Feb 34, 3 Dec 34, 1 Apr 35, 11 Apr 35, 10 Oct 35, 32 letters 1936-47; to Eddington, 29 Jul 44; to G. Fubini, 1943; to T. M. Greene, 1935; to J. Hadamard, 1942; 2 to G. H. Hardy, 1935-36; to H. Hassé, 1931; 6 to Hecke, 1935-[46]; to Hilbert, 30 Jan [?]; 11 to H. Hopf, 1936-49; to S. C. Lind, 1939; 2 to P. Montague, 1935; to F. S. C. Northrop, 1935; 19 to M. Plancherel, 1928-48; 2 to G. Polya, 1934-35; 2 to A. Rohn, 1930-35; to W. Rose, 1925; to R. Scoon, 1935; to Schrödinger, 1 Oct 45; 2 to H. M. Sheffer, 1935. Some 80 papers by Weyl, not yet classified. Preliminary index on cards. (Hs. 91: 1000 ff.) See: Born, Brillouin, Casimir, K. T. Compton, Courant, Eddington, Ehrenfest, Einstein, Epstein, Heisenberg, Hilbert, Jaff6, Jordan, von Laue, Mie, von Neumann, Pauli, Planck, Runge, Schrödinger, Sommerfeld, van der Waerden.
PAULI COLLECTION, Zurich, Switzerland. Letters to Pauli, 10 May 19, 9 Dec 19. See: Pauli.
BURNDY LIBRARY, Norwalk, Conn. Manuscript in Weiner Collection.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, D.C. Correspondence with Veblen, 1924-56.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, c. 40 items 1916-32.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. Letter to London, 27 May 37.

 

WHIDDINGTON, RICHARD. b. 1885, London, England.
1905-14, U. Cambridge: 1908, M.A.; 1909-14, Asst. Demonstrator; 1910-11, Allen Scholar; 1911-14, Fel.
1914-19, Milit. Serv.
1919-51, U. Leeds, Prof.
Letters to
BOHR: 18 Nov 20, 27 Nov 20, (BSC 8,3).
Letters from
See: BOHR.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letter to Bohr, 25 Nov 58. See: Bohr.

 

WHITTAKER, E. T. b. 1873, Southport, England; d. 1956, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1891-1906, U. Cambridge: 1897-1906, Lect. and Fel.; 1899, M.A.
1906-12, U. Dublin, Prof. and Royal Astronomer of Ireland.
1912-46, U. Edinburgh, Prof.
Misc.: 1926, U. Cambridge, Lect.
1933, U. Cardiff, Lect.
1934, U. California, Berkeley, Hitchcock Prof.
Letters from
See: SCHRÖDINGER.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, Edinburgh, Scotland. 3 letters to C. Sarolea, 1934-37.
BEDFORD COLLEGE LIBRARY, University of London, London, England. Letters to W. Wilson, 23 Nov 26, 2 letters 1950.
ROYAL SOCIETY LIBRARY, London, England. 4 letters, 1915-20. Several referee reports, 1905; manuscript, [undated].
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, D.C. Correspondence with Veblen, 1930-38.

 

WIEN, WIILHELM. b. 1864, Gaffken, near Fischhausen, East Prussia; d. 1928, Munich, Germany.
1882-86, U. Berlin: 1883-85, Asst. to H. von Helmholtz; 1886, Dr. phil. with Helmholtz.
1886-90, Supervision of his estates. 1890-92, Phys.-Techn. Reichsanstalt, Berlin, Asst. to Helmholtz.
1892-96, U. Berlin, Priv.-Doz.
1896-99, Techn. Hochsch. Aachen, Priv.-Doz. 1899-1900, U. Giessen, Prof.
1900-20, U. Wiirzburg, Prof. 1920-28, U. Munich, Prof.
Letters to '
GERLACH: 6 Jun 24 (19,9)
SOMMERFELD: 19 Oct 97, 23 Dec 97, 11 Jun 98, 6 Sep 99, 14 May 05, 18 May [08], 15 Jun 08, 17 May 09, 27 Dec 09, (34,13).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BEDFORD COLLEGE LIBRARY, University of London, London, England. Letter to W. Wilson, 24 Aug 13. See: W. Wilson.
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin, Germany [DDR]. Letter to Harnack, 1924. (Nachlass Harnack).
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. Letter to Ludwig Darmstaedter, 1919; to Gehrcke, 31 Mar 07; 2 to H. Geitel, 1906-1 1 ; to Kayser 17 Jan 1 1, 3 Feb 11, 19 May 11, 19 Sep 19; 4 to L. Königsberger, 1903-04. Lebenslauf, [undated]. 2 manuscripts, "Die Kanalstrahlen," and "Wärmestrahlung." (Darmstaedter Coll. Fle 1893).
BAYERISCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Munich, Germany [BRD]. Letter to Rehm, 1926. (Rehmiana IV A).
DEUTSCHES MUSEUM, Munich, Germany [BRD]. Letters to H. Hertz, 18 Mar 90, 27 Jan 89, 5 Apr 90, 20 Jun 90; to Nernst, 28 Jun 22; to Runge, 24 May 94.
STADTARCHIV LANDESHAUPTSTADT, Munich, Germany [BRD]. 17 Zeitungsausschnitte, 1924-28.
RIJKSMUSEUM VOOR DE GESCHIEDENIS DER NATUURWETENSCHAPPEN, Leiden, The Netherlands. Letter to Keesom, 1913.
LIBRARY OF THE: SWEDISH ACADEMY, Stockholm, Sweden. Letters to Oseen, 13 Sep 14, 7 Nov 14, 26 Jan 15, 23 Mar 15, 5 Sep 16, 10 Mar 16, 10 Nov 27.
UNIVERSITETSBIBLIOTEKET, Uppsala, Sweden. 6 letters to Gullstrand, 1915-[25] ; to Hildebrandsson, 1911.
BURNDY LIBRARY, Norwalk, Conn. Manuscript in Weiner Collection.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 2 items 1909-17.

 

WIGNER, E. P.* b. 1902, Budapest, Hungary.
1920-21, Techn. Hochsch. Budapest.
1921-25, Techn, Hochsch. Berlin: 1925, Dr. o-Ing. with M. Polanyi.
1925-26, Chemist in leather factory, Budapest, then Kaiser Wilhelm Inst. f. Faserstopffchemie., Berlin-Dahlem, Asst. to K. Weissenberg.
1926-27, Techn. Hochsch. Berlin, Asst. to R. Becker.
1927-28, U. Göttingen, Asst. to D. Hilbert.
1928-33, Techn. Hochsch. Berlin: 1928-30, Priv.Doz.; 1930-33, a. o. Prof.
1930 to date, Princeton U.: 1930-31, Lect.; 1931 to date, Prof.
Misc.: 1931, Kaiser Wilhelm Inst. Electrochem., Berlin-Dahlem.
1937-38, U. Wisconsin, Prof.
Interviews
Three sessions, 65 pp. transcript.
Letters to
SCHRÖDINGER: [1929-30] (46,2).
Manuscripts
Corrected proof sheets of article, "Összetett Rendszerek Statisztikája As Új Quantummechanika Szerint," 9 pp., 20 Mar 29 (18,11).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letter to Bohr, 26 Apr 46.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, D.C. Correspondence with Veblen, 1929-46.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. Letters to London, 13 Feb 28, 27 Apr 28, 12 Jun 28, 29 Jun 28, Jul 28, 23 Nov 31, 2 Apr 32, Jun 34, 5 letters 1938-53. See: London.

 

WILSON, C. T. R.* b. 1869, Glencorse, near Edinburgh, Scotland; d. 1959, Carlops, near Edinburgh, Scotland.
1884-88, U. Manchester.
1888-94, U. Cambridge: 1892-94, Demonstrator.
1894-95, Asst. Master, Bradford Grammar School.
1895-98, U. Cambridge, Clerk Maxwell Stud.: 1896, M.A.
1898-1900, Meteorological Council, Res. Physicist.
1900-59, U. Cambridge: 1900-18, Lect.; 1918-25, Reader; 1925-34, Prof.; 1934-59, Prof. Emer.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
RUTHERFORD COLLECTION, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England. Letters to Rutherford, 20 May 01, 2 Feb 12, 9 Jan 28. See: Rutherford.
BEDFORD COLLEGE LIBRARY, University of London, London, England. Letter to W. Wilson, 8 Apr 47.
ROYAL SOCIETY LIBRARY, London, England. Approximately 40 laboratory notebooks. 8 referee reports, 1896-1910.
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD). Letter to Prof. H. Geitel, 1900; to Hahn, 1920. (Darmstaedter Coll. Fle* 1896).

 

WILSON, WILLIAM.* b. 1875, Goody Hills, Cumberland, England.
1893-96, U. London.
1902-06, U. Leipzig: 1906, Dr. phil. with O. Wiener.
1906-44, U. London: 1906-19, Asst. Lect.; 1919-20, Senior Lect.; 1920-21, Reader; 1921-44, Prof.
Letters to
SCHRÖDINGER: 21 Apr 52 (37,14).
Letters from
See: EINSTEIN, SCHRÖDINGER, SOMMERFELD.
 
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 20 Jan 26, 28 Oct 43.
BEDFORD COLLEGE LIBRARY, University of London, London, England. Draft of reply to Wien's letter of 24 Aug 13. See: Andrade, Barkla, Blackett, Born, Bragg, L. de Broglie, M. de Broglie, Einstein, Hylleraas, Nicholson, Planck, Raman, Rutherford, Schrödinger, Sommerfeld, Whittaker, Wien, C. T. R. Wilson.

 

WIND, C. H. b. 1867, Groningen, Netherlands. d. 1911, Utrecht, Netherlands.
1886-1902, U. Groningen: 1894, Dr. wis.-en natuurkunde; 1895-1902, Lect. Except 1893-94, U. Leiden, Asst.; 1894-95, U. Berlin.
1902-05, Meteorological Inst., Utrecht, Head Director.
1905-11, U. Utrecht, Prof.
Letters to
SOMMERFELD: 3 Apr 00, 26 Jun 00, 30 Jun 00, 28 Aug 00, 30 Aug 00, 4 May 01, 6 Aug 09, (34,14).

 

WOOD, R. W. b. 1868, Concord, Mass., U.S.A.; d. 1955, Amityville, Long Island, N.Y., U.S.A.
1887-91, Harvard U.
1891-92, Johns Hopkins U.
1892-94, U. Chicago.
1894-96, U. Berlin.
1897-1900, U. Wisconsin: 1897-98, Instr.; 1898-1900, Asst. Prof.
1900-51, Johns Hopkins U.: 1900-38, Prof.; 1938-51, Prof. Emer.
Misc.: 1912, Columbia U., Res. Fel. 19142 U. London, Lect.
Letters to
KEMBLE: 17 Dec 23, 10 Dec 25, 24 Dec 25, 25 Dec 25, [Dec 25-Jan 26], 17 May 26, 9 Feb 29, 1 Mar 29, 8 Mar 29, (52,11).
SOMMERFELD: 21 Mar 23 (34,15).
Letters from
See: BOHR, KEMBLE, PLANCK.
 
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 7 Mar 28, 1 Jun 28, [Jun 28], 8 Jun 28.
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. Letter to L. Darmstaedter, 1910; 3 to Max Iklé, 1910 and [undated]; 44 to Kayser, 1900-14; 3 to Dr. Neuhauss, 1900-04. (Darmstaedter Coll., F2c* 1900).
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, New York, N.Y. Letter from Boys, 1901; from P. Curie, 1904; from Kelvin, 1901; from Natanson, 1906; from Ostwald, 1896. Various manuscripts, including "Sodium Vapor Research at Madison," 1901. See: Kayser, Konen, Planck, Rayleigh.'
EASTMAN HOUSE, Rochester, N.Y. 3 letters to A. H. Reynolds.
Other information
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WULFF, JOHN. b. 1903, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
1924, Colorado School of Mines, E. M.
1924-26, Yale U., Teaching Fel.
1929-31, Nat. Res. Fel., U. Munich and U. Tübingen; 1929, U. Tübingen, D. Sc.
1931-40, Mass. Inst. Techn.: 1931-33, Instr.; 1933-37, Asst. Prof.; 1937-40, Assoc. Prof.
Letters to
GOUDSMIT: 30 Aug 29, 22 Sep 29, (63,6); [5 Nov 29] (63,7); 28 Jan 30 (64,1); 2 Feb 30, 19 Feb 30, (64,2); 27 Apr 30 (64,3); early May 30 (64,4) ; 2 letters 7 Aug 30 (64,5) ; [Feb 31], 17 Feb 31, (65,1); 6 Mar 31, 25 Mar 31, (65,2); 1 May 31, 10 May 31, 25 May 31, 31 May 31, (65, 3) ; 8 Jul 31, 27 Aug 31, (65,4) ; 14 Sep 31, 30 Oct 31, (65,5); 7 Nov 32 (65,8).
Letters from
See: GOUDSMIT.
Manuscripts
"Zur Prüfung der Hyperfeinstruktur Theorie," 6 pp., [undated] (65,1).

 

YUKAWA, HIDEKI.* b. 1907, Tokyo, Japan.
1926-33, U. Kyoto.: 1929, M. S.; 1929-32, Research; 1932-33, Lect.
1933-39, U. Osaka: 1933-36, Lect.; 1936-39, Asst. Prof.; 1938, D. Sc.
Interviews
One session, 6 pp. transcript.

 

ZEEMAN, PIETER. b. 1865, Zonnemaire, Zeeland, Netherlands; d. 1943, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1885-1900, U. Leiden: 1890-93, Asst.; 1893, Dr. pbil. with Kamerlingh-Onnes; 1894-97, Priv.Doz.; 1897-1900, Lect.; except 1893-94, U. Strassburg, with E. Cohn.
1900-35, U. Amsterdam, Prof.: 1908-35, Dir., Phys. Inst.
Letters to
BOHR: 3 Feb 22, 21 May 22, (BSC 8,3).
GOUDSMIT: [1 Feb] 24, 8 Mar 24, 29 Mar [241, 30 Apr 24, (60,2); 11 Jul 24, 12 Jul 24, 17 Jul 24, 21 Jul 24, 24 Jul 24, 28 Jul 24, 1.5 Aug 24, 30 Aug 24, (60,3) ; 23 Jan 26, 26 Feb 26, (60,6) ; 16 Aug 26 (60,8); 28 Dec 26 (60,9); 9 Jan 27 (61,1); 2 Mar 27 (61,2) ; 11 Jun 27 (61,4) ; 8 Aug 27, 17 Aug 27, (61,6); 17 Apr 28 (62,1); 29 May 28, 19 Jun 28, 22 Jun 28, 23 un 28, (62,2) ; 29 Oct 28 (62,3) ; 6 Jan 29 (63,2) ; 2 letters 11 May 29 (63,4) ; 21 Jun 30 (64,4) ; 19 Sep 30 (64,5); 27 Jan 31 (65,1), 6 Apr 31 (65,2); 27 Dec 31 (65,5); 20 Jan 32 (65,6); 20 Oct 32 (65,8)
LANDÉ,: 21 Dec 21, 12 Jul 24, 8 Nov 24, 13 Nov 24, 27 Nov 24, 17 Jan 25, (4,14).
RUBINOWICZ: 3 Dec 30, 30 Nov 32, (17,C)
SOMMERFELD: 29 Nov 16, 16 Jul 24, 31 Jul 24, 10 Nov 24, 23 Feb 28, 21 Dec 29, (34,16).
Letters from
See: BOHR, EHRENFEST, GOUDSMIT, SOMMERFELD.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 20 Aug 24, 29 Sep 26. See: Bohr.
RUTHERFORD COLLECTION, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England. Letter to Rutherford, 26 Jun 20.
ROYAL SOCIETY LIBRARY, London, England. 5 letters, 1922-25.
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. Letter to Konrad Dieterici, 1902; to Th. W. Engelmann, 1897; 11 to Max Iklé, 1911-14; to Kayser, 1 Jul 13, 29 Jul 13, 6 letters 9 Apr 01 to 31 May 12; to Waldeyer, 1915; to Wiedemann, 1909; to Professor [?], 1910. (Darmstaedter Coll., Flc 1896).
DEUTSCHES MUSEUM, Munich, Germany [BRD]. Letter to W. Feddersen, 5 Aug 08; to von Laue, 16 Jun 12; 6 to Runge, 1899-1904; to Voigt, 22 Jan 99, 3 Apr 99, 1 May 99, 8 May 99, 21 Jul 99, 4 Aug 99, 21 Nov 99, 3 letters Dec 99 4 Dec 99, 21 Dec 99, 31 Dec 99, 29 Jan 00, 4 i4ar 00, 18 Apr 00, 6 Jun 00, 19 Oct 01, 11 Jan 02, 1 Mar 02, 4 Mar 02, 2 May 02, 3 May 02, 4 May 02, 5 May 02, 12 May 02, 16 May 02, 23 May 02, 2 . Jun 02, 8 Jun 02, 22 Jun 02, 2 letters Jun 02, 5 Jul 02; 15 Jul 02,3 Aug 02,15 Oct 02,14 Dec 02,2 May 03,28 May 03, 7 Jul 03, 11 Jul 03, 20 Jul 03, 1 May 04, 25 Jun 04, 13 Dec 04, 16 Aug 05, 2 Dec 05, 22 Dec 05, 2 Oct 06, 3 Nov 06, 22 Dec 06, 7 Oct 07, 5 Nov 07, 19 Nov 07, 4 Dec 07, 8 Jan 08, 26 Feb 08, 11 Mar 08, 31 Mar 08, 10 Jun 08, 6 Oct 08, 21 Dec 08, 25 Feb 09, 1 Mar 09, 12 Mar 09, 19 Oct 09, 22 Jan 10, 18 Feb 10, 26 Jul 10, 5 Oct 10, 18 May 11, 15 Jun 11, 15 Jul 11, 7 Jan 12, 21 Jan 12, 7 Feb 12, 20 Mar 12, 29 Mar 12, 1 May 12, 24 Jun 12, 5 Jul 12, 20 Oct 12, 16 Jul 13, 29 Oct 13 , 19 Nov 13, 7 Jan 14, 23 Feb 14, 5 Mar 14, 21 Apr 14, 29 May 14, 2 letters Jun 14, 23 Jun 14, 21 Aug 14, 3 Sep 14, 3 letters Sep-Nov 14, 23 Dec 14, 17 Jan 15, 6 Feb i5, 26 Apr 15, 25 May 15, 15 Jul 15, 30 Aug 15, 13 Nov 16, 2 Jun 17, 3 Nov 17, 20 Oct 18.
ALGEMEEN RIJKSARCHIEF, The Hague, The Netherlands. Letters to Lorentz. See: Lorentz.
BIBLIOTHEEK DER RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT, Leiden, The Netherlands. 2 letters by Zeeman, 1928-29.
UNIVERSITETSBIBLIOTEKET, Uppsala, Sweden. 3 letters to Gullstrand, 1907-24; 2 to Hildebrandsson, 1903-09.
BURNDY LIBRARY, Norwalk, Conn. Manuscript in Weiner Collection.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 1 item 1918.
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The Zeeman family still possesses papers of Prof. Zeeman.