Karl Meissner

Karl Meissner
BornDecember 15, 1891
Died13 April 1959(1959-04-13) (aged 67)
En route to Europe
NationalityGerman-American
Alma materUniversity of Tübingen
University of Munich
Scientific career
FieldsSpectroscopy
InstitutionsPurdue University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Goethe University Frankfurt
University of Zurich
Doctoral advisorArnold Sommerfeld
Other academic advisorsFriedrich Paschen
Wilhelm Röntgen

Karl Wilhelm Meissner (December 15, 1891 in Reutlingen, Württemberg – April 13, 1959 on a cruise ship sailing to Europe) was a German-American physicist specializing in hyperfine spectroscopy. He spent the greater part of his career in the United States at Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Indiana.