Johannes Stark was a German physicist born in 1874 who made significant contributions to the fields of spectroscopy and physics. He discovered the Doppler effect and the Stark effect, founded the acclaimed Yearbook of Radioactivity and Electronics, and received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1919. Stark held professorships at several universities in Germany and came from a farming family in Bavaria, having little recorded about his early life and upbringing.

1. Johannes Stark
J o h a n n e s
Born: April 15 1874
Birthplace: Schickenhof, Bavaria, Germany
Died: June 21 1957
Location of death: Traunstein, Germany

2. Greatest Accomplishments

Founded the acclaimed Yearbook of
Radioactivity and Electronics
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Discovered the Doppler effect and Stark effect
Quote:”In my view the structure of the whole atom was that
of an individual, with all its parts interconnected, and the
emission of a spectral line appeared to me to be the result of
the coherence and co-operation of several electric quanta.”
-Johannes Stark

3. Ethnic background and Nationality
Religion: Christian
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Nationality: German

4. Education and Positions heldHigh School: Regensburg Gymnasium,
Regensburg, Germany (1894)
University: University of Munich (1897)
Teacher:for Physics at the University of Munich
Lecturer:for Physics at the University of
Munich
Professor: Technische Hochschule,
Hannover
Professor: Technische Hochschule, Aachen
Professor: at the University of Greifswald
Professor: at the University of Wurzburg

5. Personal life and Family History
Wife: Luise Uepler (five children)
His father was a landed proprietor he grew up in
his parents farm in Schickenhof, Bavaria,
Little is known about his parents or early
childhood.

6. Awards Received
Ferenc Ferdinánd Baumgarten Prize 1910
Matteucci Medal 1915
Nobel Prize for Physics 1919
Yearbook of Radioactivity and Electronics
Founder & Editor (1904-13)
Berlin Institute of Physics and Technology
President (1933-39)
Lunar Crater Stark
German Ancestery

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