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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physics (209) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1930s (56) 1936 (7) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1880s (52) 1883 (3) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, central (101) Austria (17) Deutschfeistritz (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1960s (49) 1964 (5) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Northeastern states (77) New York (38) Mount Vernon (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name S-Z (143) V (12) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) H (72) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name S-Z (69) V (2) Victor (2) 22. Shared Family Name 22. Shared Family Name E-K (24) H (10) Hess (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Christianity (158) Roman Catholic (51) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 54 (21) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Physicists (206) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, central (70) Austria (6) Innsbruck (1) Innsbruck University (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Austria (24) Graz (12) University of Graz (12) Alumni (4) Long-term academic staff (6) Vienna (20) University of Vienna (20) Long-term academic staff (6) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Physical Society (113) Austrian Academy of Sciences (14) E-P (571) P (109) Pontifical Academy of Sciences (83) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the American Physical Society (107) K-L (297) L (183) Lieben Prize (4) complete name: Victor Francis Hess nobel prize: physics award year: 1936 together with: Carl David Anderson prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1936 was divided equally between Victor Franz Hess "for his discovery of cosmic radiation" and Carl David Anderson "for his discovery of the positron." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Victor family name: Hess occupation: professor occupation: physicist field of work: physics work location: University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria description: Victor Francis Hess was an Austrian-American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics, who discovered cosmic rays. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1936. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1936/summary/> date birth: 1883 date death: 1964 usual name: Victor Hess
