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German experimental physicist (1924-2025)

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Herwig Franz Schopper was a German experimental physicist. He researched and taught at the University of Erlangen, the University of Mainz from 1958, the University of Karlsruhe from 1961, and the University of Hamburg from 1973. The same year, he became chairman of the directorate of the German DESY research centre.

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2006Fellow of the American Physical Society
2005UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal
2004UNESCO Albert Einstein medal
1991Wilhelm Exner Medal
1978Ritter-von-Gerstner Medal
1957Carus medal
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Herwig Franz Schopper was a German experimental physicist. He researched and taught at the University of Erlangen, the University of Mainz from 1958, the University of Karlsruhe from 1961, and the University of Hamburg from 1973. The same year, he became chairman of the directorate of the German DESY research centre. He was the director general of CERN for European research from 1981 to 1988. After retiring in Hamburg in 1989, he held functions such as president of the German Physical Society and president of the European Physical Society. He was a founding father of SESAME, an international laboratory in the Middle East, and of the Cyprus Institute.

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Germany
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Scientists
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Lived 1924 to 2025 · aged 101
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