Vinko Dvořák
Vinko Dvořák | |
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| Born | 21 January 1848 |
| Died | 6 May 1922 (aged 74) Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Alma mater | Charles University in Prague |
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| Fields | Acoustics, optics |
Vinko Dvořák (January 21, 1848 – May 6, 1922) was a Czech-Croatian physicist, professor and academician.[1]
He studied mathematics and physics at the Charles University in Prague, and after graduating he became an assistant to professor Ernst Mach. After obtaining his doctorate in Prague in 1873/1874 he came to Zagreb (at the time also part of Austria-Hungary) and founded the Physics Cabinet at the Faculty of Philosophy in 1875.
Dvořák made many important discoveries in the field of experimental acoustics and optics, which are known as the , the , and the . His work on acoustic radiometers coincided with that of Lord Rayleigh.[2]
He was the dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in 1881/82 and again in 1891/92 and the rector of the University of Zagreb in 1893/94.
Professor Dvorak made constant advancements in physics experimentation at the Faculty—in 1896 he obtained a Röntgen radiation device just six months after it was discovered.[3]
He became a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1883 (associate) and 1887 (full member). He was also an associate member of the Czech Academy of Franz Joseph I, a member of the Société francaise de physique (French Physics Society) and the Paris Société internationale des électriciens, and a member of the Royal Czech Society of Sciences in Prague.
Dvořák retired in 1911.
References[]
- ^ "Vinko Dvořăk", biography, by Ana Smontara, published in Matematičko-fizički list, 2006, from Croatian scientific bibliography
- ^ Popular Science Monthly Volume 25.djvu/269, Popular Science Monthly, at Wikisource
- ^ "Povijest fizičkog odsjeka", Department of Physics, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science
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