Carl Hermann 2428557 221603125 2008-06-25T06:53:02Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[mr:कार्ल हेर्मान]] '''Carl Hermann''' ([[ 17 June]] [[1898]] – [[12 September]] [[1961]]) was a [[Germany|German]] professor of [[crystallography]]. With [[Charles-Victor Mauguin]], he invented an international standard notation for [[crystallographic group]]s known as the [[Hermann-Mauguin notation]] or International notation. Born in the north [[Germany|German]] port town of [[Bremerhaven|Wesermünde]] to parents both of long-time ministerial families, he got his doctorate from [[Georg August University of Göttingen|Göttingen]] in 1923, as a pupil of [[Max Born]] and a fellow student with [[Werner Heisenberg]]. With [[Paul Peter Ewald|Paul P. Ewald]] at [[Stuttgart]], he nurtured the growing field of [[crystallography]], especially the study of [[space group]]s, and began what was later to become ''Structure Reports'', a reference series giving every known [[crystal structure]] determination. When the [[Nazi Party]] rose to power, he objected to its political restrictions on academic positions, leaving to take a position as a physicist with industrial [[dye]] firm I.G. Farbenwerke at [[Ludwigshafen am Rhein|Ludwigshafen]], where he continued his crystallographic research and studied [[symmetry]] in higher-dimensional spaces. During [[World War II]], he and his wife Eva helped many [[Jew]]s hide and escape [[the Holocaust]], for which he was imprisoned and sentenced to death. As he was an eminent scientist with influential friends, the sentence was never carried out. After the war, he lectured briefly at [[Darmstadt University of Technology|Darmstadt Polytechnic]]. Then, in 1947, he accepted a newly formed chair in crystallography at the [[Philipps University of Marburg|University of Marburg]], where he became director of the Crystallographic Institute and remained until his death. An active [[Religious Society of Friends|Quaker]], and having a gift for languages, he devoted much time to promoting international understanding. In August 1994, the German Crystallographic Society (DGK) established the Carl Hermann Medal, its highest distinction, for outstanding contributions to the science of crystallography. ==External links== *[http://journals.iucr.org/e/ IUCr ''Structure Reports'' Online] *[http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~fischerw/Hermann.htm Biography at University of Marburg] {{DEFAULTSORT:Hermann, Carl}} [[Category:1898 births]] [[Category:1961 deaths]] [[Category:German physicists]] [[Category:People from Bremerhaven]] [[de:Carl Hermann]] [[fr:Carl Hermann]] [[mr:कार्ल हेर्मान]]