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Hertha Sponer

German physicist and chemist (1895–1968)

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Lived 1895–1968, aged 73Germany
GermanyGermanyScientistsScientist
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  • Era
    1895–1968
    Aged 73
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Updated 2026-06-16

Hertha Dorthea Elisabeth Sponer was a German physicist and chemist who contributed to modern quantum mechanics and molecular physics. She was the first woman on the physics faculty of Duke University and was one of only three women to earn both a PhD in Physics and Habilitation in Germany before the start of World War II, the others being Lise Meitner and Hedwig Kohn. Her younger sister was philologist and resistance fighter Margot Sponer.

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