Manne Siegbahn

Manne Siegbahn

Born Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn
3 December 1886(1886-12-03)
Örebro, Sweden
Died 26 September 1978(1978-09-26) (aged 91)
Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality Sweden
Fields Physics
Institutions University of Lund
University of Uppsala
University of Stockholm
Alma mater University of Lund
Known for X-ray spectroscopy
Notable awards Nobel Prize for Physics (1924)
Notes
He is the father of Nobel laureate Kai M. Siegbahn.

Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn (3 December 1886 - 26 September 1978) was a Swedish physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy. He was born in Örebro, Sweden.

Siegbahn obtained his Ph.D. at the Lund University in 1911, his thesis was titled Magnetische Feldmessungen (magnetic field measurements). He was acting professor for Janne Rydberg when his health was failing, and succeeded him as full professor in 1915.

His son Kai Siegbahn also received the Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1981.

He married Karin Högbom 1914 and their children were Bo Siegbahn (diplomat, b. 1915) and Kai M. Siegbahn (physicist and Nobel laureate, b. 1918).

He won the Hughes Medal 1934 and Rumford Medal 1940.

In 1944 he patented the Siegbahn pump.

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