Origins & Early Life

Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn (Swedish: [ˈmanːɛ ˈsiːgbɑːn]; 3 December 1886 – 24 September 1978) was a Swedish physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1924 "for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy." Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn was born on 3 December 1886 in Örebro, Sweden, the son of Nils Reinhold Georg Siegbahn, a station master, and Emma Sofia Mathilda Zetterberg. Siegbahn graduated in Stockholm 1906 and began his studies at Lund University the same year. During his education he was secretarial assistant to Johannes Rydberg. In 1908, he studied at the University of Göttingen.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

He received his Ph.D. from Lund in 1911 with a thesis titled Magnetische feldmessung (Magnetic field measurements). He became acting professor for Rydberg when his (Rydberg's) health was failing, and succeeded him as full professor in 1920 following his death. In 1923, he left Lund to become Professor of Physics at Uppsala University. In 1937, Siegbahn was appointed Research Professor of Experimental Physics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

In 1988, this was renamed the Manne Siegbahn Institute (MSI). The institute research groups have been...

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