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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 1920s (54) 1925 (6) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1880s (52) 1887 (7) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, central (101) Germany (84) Hamburg (6) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1970s (66) 1975 (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) G (55) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) H (72) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) G (35) Gustav (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Judaism (160) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 30 - 39 (40) 39 (10) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Physicists (206) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Middle East (197) Israel (197) 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) Halle (1) Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Berlin (62) Humboldt University of Berlin (56) Alumni (32) Göttingen (44) University of Göttingen (44) Alumni (20) Leipzig (18) Leipzig University (Karl Marx University) (18) Long-term academic staff (6) Munich (51) Technical University of Munich (18) Long-term academic staff (6) University of Munich (42) Alumni (28) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Academy of Sciences of the USSR (80) E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences at Berlin (32) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) H (88) Hungarian Academy of Sciences (61) R-T (460) R (448) Russian Academy of Sciences (144) S (49) Saxon Academy of Sciences (11) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards G-H (389) H (196) Helmholtz Medal (15) Hervorragender Wissenschaftler des Volkes (1) M-N (333) M (172) Max Planck Medal (20) N (205) National Prize of East Germany (1) O-P (364) P (242) Patriotic Order of Merit in gold (1) Q-Z (398) S (125) Stalin prize (8) complete name: Gustav Ludwig Hertz nobel prize: physics award year: 1925 together with: James Franck prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1925 was awarded jointly to James Franck and Gustav Ludwig Hertz "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Gustav family name: Hertz occupation: physicist occupation: university teacher field of work: physics work location: Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany description: Gustav Ludwig Hertz was a German experimental physicist and Nobel Prize winner, and a nephew of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1925. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1925/summary/> date birth: 1887 date death: 1975 usual name: Gustav Hertz