Heinrich Kayser

Heinrich Kayser
Born
Heinrich Gustav Johannes Kayser

(1853-03-16)16 March 1853
Died14 October 1940(1940-10-14) (aged 87)
CitizenshipGerman
Alma materSophie Gymnasium (Berlin)
University of Strasbourg
University of Berlin
Known forHelium in the Earth's atmosphere
Kayser (unit)
AwardsForMemRS (1911)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist, Spectroscopy
InstitutionsTechnische Hochschule, Hannover
University of Bonn
Doctoral advisorWilhelm Röntgen

Heinrich Gustav Johannes Kayser ForMemRS (German: [ˈkaɪzɐ]; 16 March 1853 – 14 October 1940) was a German physicist and spectroscopist.