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NAGAOKA, HANTARO. b. 1865, Omura, near Nagasaki, Japan; d. 1950, Tokyo, Japan.

1887-93, U. Tokyo: 1887, graduated; 1887-93, Asst. Prof.; 1893, Doctorate.
1893-96, U. Berlin, U. Munich and U. Vienna.
1896-1925, U. Tokyo, Prof.
1926-45, Inst. Phys. and Chem. Res., Tokyo.
1931-34, U. Osaka, President.

BOHR: 27 Dec 13, 23 Mar 21, (BSC 5,3).
GOUDSMIT: 24 Jan 30 (64,1).
LANDÉ,: 16 Mar 22, 4 Jan 24, (4,19).

Unpublished material held elsewhere

BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 19 May 31, 11 Jun 31. See: Bohr.
RUTHERFORD COLLECTION, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England. Letters to Rutherford, 22 Feb 11, 30 Jun 19.
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. Letter to the Secrétaire de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva [undated]. (Darmstaedter Coll., La* 1896).

NERNST, WALTHER.* b. 1864, Briesen, Prussia; d. 1941, Ober-Zibelle, Silesia, Germany.

1883-87, U. Zurich, U. Graz, U. Würzburg:
1887, U. Würzburg, Dr. phil with F. Kohlrausch.
1887-91, U. Leipzig: 1887-89, Asst. to W. Ostwald; 1889-91, Priv.-Doz.
1891-1905, U. Göttingen: 1891-94, a. o. Prof; 1894-1905, o. Prof.
1905-41, U. Berlin: 1905-33, o. Prof.; 1925-33, Dir., Phys. Inst.; 1933-41, Prof. Emer.
1922-24, Phys.-Techn. Reichsanstalt, Berlin, Pres.

SOMMERFELD: 7 Aug 34, 31 Mar 35, (32,9).

Unpublished material held elsewhere

ROYAL SOCIETY LIBRARY, London, England. 1 letter, 1910.
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. Letter to Darmstaedter, 1925; to Elster and Geitel, 1907; to the Kultusminister, Bosse, 1898; to Lange, 1901; 5 to Lorenz, 1901-04; to Waldeyer, 1906; to Wiedemann, 1912; 14 to various persons, 1894-1911. (Darmstaedter Coll., F2e* 1898).
DEUTSCHES MUSEUM, Munich, Germany [BRD]. Letter to Wien, 27 Oct 95. See: Lenard, Planck, Wien.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 3 items 1914-21.

NEUMANN,. JOHANN VON. b. 1903, Budapest, Hungary; d. 1957, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

1921-23, U. Berlin.
1923-25, Eidgn. Techn. Hochsch. Zurich, Chem. Engin. Degree.
1925-26, U. Budapest: 1926, Dr. phil.
1926-29, U. Berlin, Priv.-Doz.
1929-30, U. Hamburg, Priv.-Doz.
1930-33, Princeton U., Visiting Prof.
1933-57, Inst. Adv. Study, Princeton, Member.

KEMBLE: 6 Dec 35 (54,5).
KRAMERS: 10 Oct 49 (13,2).
SCHRÖDINGER: 11 Apr 36 (46,2).

See: KEMBLE, SCHRÖDINGER.

Unpublished materials held elsewhere

BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. 4 letters to Bohr, 1938. See: Bohr.
BIBLIOTHEK DER EIDGENÖSSISCHEN TECHNISCHEN HOCHSCHULE, Zurich, Switzerland. Letters to Weyl, 1 Mar 25, 25 Jul 25, 27 Jun 27, 30 Jun 28, 16 Jul 28, 19 Aug 28, 15 May 29, 22 Jul 29, 24 Nov 29, 5 Aug 30, 11 Dec 31, 1 letter [undated].
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, D. C. Correspondence with Veblen, 1929-56.

NICHOLSON, J. W.* b. 1881, Highcliffe, Yorkshire, England; d. 1955, Oxford, England.

1898-1901, U. Manchester
1901-12, U. Cambridge: 1904, M.A.; 1906-07, Isaac Newton Stud.; 1907-08, Smith's Prizeman; Lecturer.
1912-21, U. London, Prof
1921-30, U. Oxford, Fel. and Tutor.
1930, Retired from academic work because of ill health.

Unpublished material held elsewhere

BEDFORD COLLEGE LIBRARY, University of London, London, England. Letter to W. Wilson 26 Mar 22.
ROYAL SOCIETY LIBRARY, London, England. 1 letter, 1904; 1 paper [unpublished], 1908.
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. Letters to Kayser, 23 Nov 12, 30 Jul 13. (Darmstaedter Coll., Flc 1910).

NIESSEN, K. F. b. 1895, Velsen, Netherlands.

1914-20, U. Utrecht.
1921-28, U. Utrecht, assistant: 1922, Dr. wis.- en natuurkunde with L. S. Ornstein; except 1925-26, U. Munich, Rockefeller Found. Fel.
1928-29, U. Wisconsin, Rockefeller Found. Fel.
1929-57, N. V. Philips Electric Co., Eindhoven, Theor. Physicist.

SOMMERFELD: 4 Apr 30 (32,9).

Manuscript draft in Niessen's hand, "Over de Wentzelsche afleiding van de oude quantenformuleering als eerste approximatie der golfmechanica door H. A. Kramers en K. F. Niessen in Utrecht," 17 sheets, [evidently unpublished], [1926] (28,2).

Unpublished material held elsewhere

BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letter to Bohr, 1 Feb 23.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. Letter to London, 4 Aug 30.

NISHINA, YOSHIO. b. 1890, Okayama Prefecture, Japan; d. 1951, Tokyo, Japan.

1918, U. Tokyo, graduated.
1918-21, Inst. Phys. and Chem. Res., Tokyo.
1921-23, U. Cambridge with E. Rutherford, then U. Göttingen.
1923-28, U. Copenhagen with N. Bohr.
1928-48, Inst. Phys. and Chem. Res., Tokyo, Section Chief.

GOUDSMIT: 16 May 26 (60,7) ; 22 Sep 26 (60, 8); 16 Jul 27 (61,5); 1 Sep 27 (61,7); 17 [Dec] 27 (61,1); 10 Dec 28 (62,3); 6 Apr 29 (63,3); ,31 Jan 30 (64,1).
JORDAN: 1 Mar 28 (18,5).
KRAMERS: 10 Dec 23 (8,8) ; 24 Jul 27, 9 Nov 27, (10,8).

Unpublished material held elsewhere

BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 25 Mar 23, 4 Apr 23, 16 Aug 27, 1 Sep 27, 21 Oct 27, 2 letters 11 Nov 27, 19 Feb 28, 8 Aug 28, 21 Oct 28, 31 Oct 28, 6 Apr 29, 25 Nov 29, 22 Jan 30, 23 Aug 30, 24 Apr 31, 6 Nov 32, 7 Apr 33, 19 Jul 33, 21 Mar 34, 7 Sep 34, 4 Jul 35, 9 letters 1936-49. See: Bohr.
DUKE: UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C Letter to London, 1 Oct 28.

NORDHEIM, L. W.* b. 1899, Munich, Germany.

1919-22, U. Hamburg, then U. Munich.
1922-27, U. Göttingen: 1922-23, Asst. to D. Hilbert; 1923, Dr. phil. with M. Born; 1923-27, Asst.
1927-28, Rockefeller Found. Fel.: U. Cambridge and U. Copenhagen.
1928-32, U. Göttingen: 1928-32, Priv.-Doz.; 1929-30, Asst.; except 1930-31, Ohio State U., Visiting Prof.
1932-33, Stud. with E. Fermi, U. Rome; Visiting Prof., U. Moscow.
1933-34, Inst. Henri Poincaré, Paris, Res. Fel.
1934-35, Teyler's Inst., Haarlem, Lorentz Res. Fel.
1935-37, Purdue U., Visiting Prof.
1937-43, Duke U., Prof.

One session, 23 pp. transcript.

KRAMERS: 24 May 50 (13,2).
SOMMERFELD: 23 Jan 34, 1 Feb 34, 6 Feb 34, 8 Feb 34, 24 Oct 36, 7 Feb 37, (32,9).

U.npublished material held elsewhere

BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 8 May 28, 26 May 28, 24 Oct 28, 5 Feb 29, 12 Feb 31, 26 Oct 33, 1 Feb 34, 3 Apr 50. See: Bohr.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. Letter to Bloch, 1954; to London, 1938; to Mayer, 1954.

NORDSTRÖM, GUNNAR. b. 1881, Helsingfors, Finland; d. 1923, Helsingfors, Finland.

1899-1905, U. Helsingfors.
1906-07, U. Göttingen.
1909, U. Helsingfors, Dr. phil.
1910-18, U. Helsingfors, Docent.
1918-23, Tekn. Högsk. Helsingfors, Prof.

BOHR: 2 Feb 22 (BSC 5,3).
KRAMERS: 27 Apr 22, 15 May 22, (8,8).

Unpublished material held elsewhere

BIBLIOTHEK DER EIDGENOSSICHEN TECHNISCHEN HOCHESCHULE, Zurich, Switzerland. Letter to Weyl, 15 Aug 20.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 4 items 1916-17.

OLDENBERG, OTTO. b. 1888, Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany.

1908-09, U. Würzburg, then U. Heidelberg.
1909-13, U. Göttingen: 1913, Asst. and Dr. phil. with H. T. Simon.
1919-21, U. Göttingen, Asst.
1922-23, U. Rostock, Priv.-Doz.
1923-30, U. Göttingen: 1923-26, Priv.-Doz.; 192630, a. o. Prof.
1930-55, Harvard U., Prof.

Unpublished material held elsewhere

BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 3 Feb 26, 29 Jul 26, 28 Aug 26, 3 Sep 26, 6 Sep 26. See: Bohr.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, New York, N.Y. Autobiographical memoir.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. 6 letters to London, 1938-45. See: London.

OPPENHEIMER, J. R.* b. 1904, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.

1922-25, Harvard U.
1925-26, U. Cambridge, with J. J. Thomson.
1926-27, U. Göttingen: 1927, Dr. phil. with M. Born.
1927-28, Nat. Res. Fel., Harvard U. and Calif. Inst. Techn.
1928-29, Intl. Educ. Board Fel.: U. Leiden, then U. Zurich.
1928-47, Calif. Inst. Techn.: 1928-37, Assoc. Prof.;
1937-47, Prof.
1929-47, U. California, Berkeley: 1929-30, Asst Prof.; 1930-35, Assoc. Prof.; 1935-47, Prof.

Two sessions, 53 pp. transcript.

GOUDSMIT: 16 Jul [27] (61,5).
KEMBLE: 27 Nov [26], 16 Feb [28], (52,3).
KRAMERS: 3 letters 1947-50 (13,3).
UHLENBECK: 18 Aug [26], 12 Mar [27], 16 Apr [32], [Fall 33], [Jan 34], [Feb/Mar 34], [Winter 34/35]. These are Xerox copies of the originals in Professor Uhlenbeck's possession.

See: WEISSKOPF.

Unpublished material held elsewhere

BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 14 Jun [33], 24 letters 1945-58.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, D.C. Correspondence with Veblen, 1936-60.
HISTORICAL COLLECTION, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Mich. Miscellaneous correspondence deposited by Physics Department.

ORNSTEIN, L. S. b. 1880, Nijmwegen, Netherlands; d. 1941, Utrecht, Netherlands.

1898-1908, U. Leiden: 1908, Dr. phil. with H. A. Lorentz.
1909-15, U. Groningen, Lect.
1915-40, U. Utrecht, Prof.: 1921-40, Dir., Phys. Inst.

GOUDSMIT: 12 Mar 29, 13 Mar 29, (63,2); 19 Oct 31 (65,5).
JORDAN: 27 Mar 23 (18,6).
KRAMERS: 4 letters 1936-39 (10,9).
LANDÉ: 18 Oct 23, 4 Oct 24, 29 Nov 24, 1 Jul 25 (4,19).
SOMMERFELD: 7 Apr 25, 15 Jun 25, 19 Jul 25, (32,10).

Unpublished material held elsewhere

BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letter to Bohr, 27 Jul 31. See: Bohr.
ALGEMEEN RIJKSARCHIEF, The Hague, The Netherlands. Letters to Lorentz. See: Lorentz.
RIJKSMUSEUM VOOR DE GESCRIEDENIS DER NATUURWETENSCHAPPEN, Leiden, The Netherlands. 5 letters to Ehrenfest, 1926-28; to Keesom, 1913, 1 letter [undated]. See: Ehrenfest, Keesom.
LIBRARY OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY, Stockholm, Sweden. Letters to Oseen, 5 Aug 30, 3 Sep 30, 12 Sep 30.

Other information

According to Mrs. Dr. J. G. van Cittert-Eymers, director of the University of Utrecht Museum, Ornstein's papers have been lost.

OSEEN, C. W. b. 1879, Lund, Sweden; d. 1944, Stockholm, Sweden.

1896-1900, U. Lund.
1900-01, U. Göttingen.
1902-09, U. Lund, Lect.: 1903, Dr. phil.
1909-33, U. Uppsala, Prof.
1933-44, Nobel-Institution, Stockholm, Adviser, Theoretical Physics.

BOHR: 5 Jul 11, 3 Sep 11, 10 Apr 12, 10 Feb [12], 20 Jul 13, 11 Nov 13, 3 Jan 14, 12 Mar 14, 17 Sep 14, 9 Oct 14, 3 Mar 16, 27 Mar 16, 10 Apr 16, 3 May 16, 27 May 18, 17 May 20, 31 Aug 22, 1 letter [undated], (BSC 5,4).

Unpublished material held elsewhere

BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 17 Feb 23, 19 Jun 23, 29 Jan 24, 6 Mar 26, 28 Oct 28, 5 Mar 30, 11 Mar 30, 23 Jan 32, 23 Feb 32, 31 Dec 34, 25 Jun 35, 8 Jul 35. See: Bohr.
LIBRARY OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY, Stockholm, Sweden. See: Benedicks, Bohr, Born, Brillouin, M. de Broglie, J. M. Burgers, Courant, Debye, Eucken, Ewald, Fajans, Fax6n, Franck, Gordon, jaff6, Kamerlingh-Onnes, Klein, Meitner, Ornstein, Planck, Raman, Rosseland, Rubinowicz, Scheel, Schrödinger, Seeliger, Siegbahn, Sommerfeld, Stark, Thirring, Vegard, Waller, Weisskopf, Wereide, Weyl, Wien.
UNIVERSITETSBIBLIOTEKET, Uppsala, Sweden. 9 letters to Gullstrand, 1928-29, 1 letter [undated]; 2 letters to Ramberg, 1910-26.

OWEN, E. A. b. 1887, Blaenau Festiniog, North Wales.

1905-09, U. Coll., Bangor, Wales.
1909-12, U. Cambridge: 1910-12, 1851 Exhibition Scholar.
1912-15, Nat. Phys. Lab., Asst., Metrology Dept.
1915-19, Ministry of Munitions.
1919, U. London, D. Sc. with W. H. Bragg.
1919-26, Nat. Phys. Lab., Head, Radiological Division.
1926-54, U. Coll., Bangor, Wales, Prof.

BOHR: [May 12], 1 Jul 12, [began 23 Feb.], 25 Nov 13, 11 Nov 14, 26 Mar 15, 17 Apr 15, 1 Sep 18, 23 Dec 18, (BSC 5,5).