Karl Ferdinand Braun Scientist

Karl Ferdinand Braun (6 June 1850 – 20 April 1918) was a German inventor, physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. Braun contributed significantly to the development of the radio and television technology : he shared with Guglielmo Marconi the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Personal facts

Birth date	June 06, 1850
Birth place	Electorate of Hesse , Fulda , German Confederation
Nationality	Germans
Date of death	April 20, 1918
Place of death	Brooklyn
Education	Humboldt University of Berlin University of Marburg
Known for	Cathode ray tube Cat's-whisker detector

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Scientist

awards	Nobel Prize in Physics
doctoral advisor	Georg Hermann Quincke August Kundt
doctoral student	Albert Schweitzer Leonid Mandelstam
Field of study	Physics