Eugen Glueckauf
Eugen Glueckauf FRS[1] (9 April 1906, Berlin – 12 September 1981, Oxford) was a German-born British expert on nuclear power.
Glueckauf received his doctorate in 1932 from the Technische Hochschule, Berlin. On April 1, 1933 he was fired from his research because of his Jewish heritage. Shortly thereafter he escaped from the Nazis to London. There, he was able to find work as a research assistant to Friedrich Paneth, Imperial College, London (1934–39). Thereafter, he held the following positions:
- Research associate, University of Durham, 1939–47
- Mackinnon Research Student of the Royal Society, 1942–44
- Group-leader and later Branch-head in Chemistry Division, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, 1947–71
- Consultant to AERE, 1971–81
In addition to over 100 scholarly articles,[1] he published Atomic Energy Waste[2] in 1961; it became a standard reference. He contributed in the fields of micro-gas analysis of atmospheric gases, theory of ion exchange and chromatography, radio chemistry, electrolyte solution chemistry. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1969.[1]
External links
- Eugen Glueckauf Collection at the Leo Baeck Institute, NY
References
- 1 2 3 Everett, Douglas Hugh (1984). "Eugen Glueckauf. 9 April 1906-12 September 1981". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 30: 192–126. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1984.0007. JSTOR 769825.
- ↑ Boschke, F. L. (1962). "Atomic Energy Waste – Its Nature, Use, and Disposal, herausgeg. Von E. Glueckauf. Butterworth & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London 1961. 1. Aufl., XI, 420 S., geb. £ 4.15. Od". Angewandte Chemie. 74 (19): 766. doi:10.1002/ange.19620741936.