# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walther-ritz
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:39:21.518Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/walther-ritz"
name: "Walther Ritz"
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description: "Walther Heinrich Wilhelm Ritz was a Swiss theoretical physicist. He is most famous for his work with Johannes Rydberg on the Rydberg–Ritz combination principle. Ritz is also known for the variational method named after him, the Ritz method."
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birthDate: "1878-02-22"
deathDate: "1909-07-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump