Herwig Schopper

German experimental physicist (1924-2025) · Germany · On the map · Scientists · Died at 101

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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2025Died19 August 20252006Fellow of the American Physical SocietyAward2005UNESCO Niels Bohr MedalAward2004UNESCO Albert Einstein medalAward1991Wilhelm Exner MedalAward1978Ritter-von-Gerstner MedalAward1957Carus medalAward1924Born28 February 1924

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Schopper in 1982

Schopper at the Second International Conference on Research and Communications in Physics

Awards

Fellow of the American Physical Society2006

UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal2005

UNESCO Albert Einstein medal2004

Wilhelm Exner Medal1991

Ritter-von-Gerstner Medal1978

Carus medal1957

Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

About this person

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