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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 1980s (97) 1986 (11) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1906 (11) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, central (101) Germany (84) Heidelberg (3) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1980s (66) 1988 (7) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, central (62) Germany (56) Berlin (7) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) E (55) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) R (44) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) E (31) Ernst (3) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 80 - 89 (56) 81 (9) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Physicists (206) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, central (117) Germany (98) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, central (70) Germany (64) Max Planck Society (22) Fritz Haber Institute of the MPG (3) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Berlin (62) Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin) (7) Alumni (7) Short-term academic staff (1) Munich (51) Technical University of Munich (18) Alumni (13) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (84) C-D (404) C (272) Cothenius Medal (11) E-F (439) E (135) Ernst Reuter Medal (4) G-H (389) G (254) Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (23) O-P (364) P (242) Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (21) Q-Z (398) R (196) Robert Koch Gold Medal (2) Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille (5) S (125) Silver Leibniz medal (1) complete name: Ernst Ruska nobel prize: physics award year: 1986 together with: Gerd Binnig together with: Heinrich Rohrer prize share: Prize share: 1/4 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1986 was divided, one half awarded to Ernst Ruska "for his fundamental work in electron optics, and for the design of the first electron microscope", the other half jointly to Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer "for their design of the scanning tunneling microscope." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Ernst family name: Ruska occupation: physicist occupation: university teacher field of work: physics work location: Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany description: Ernst Ruska was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986 for his work in electron optics, including the design of the first electron microscope. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1986. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1986/summary/> date birth: 1906 date death: 1988 usual name: Ernst Ruska