EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Marburg, Germany

Founding Date:
1527

Enrollment:
20,000

Official Website:
http://www.uni-marburg.de/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hannah Arendt	Philosopher	14-Oct-1906	4-Dec-1975	Origins of Totalitarianism
Karl Barth	Religion	10-May-1886	9-Dec-1968	Church Dogmatics
Gottfried Benn	Poet	2-May-1886	7-Jul-1956	Postwar Germany's T. S. Eliot
Ferdinand Braun	Physicist	6-Jun-1850	20-Apr-1918	Rectifier effect in semiconductors
Adolf Butenandt	Chemist	24-Mar-1903	18-Jan-1995	Research in sex hormones
Hans Fischer	Chemist	27-Jul-1881	31-Mar-1945	Synthesized hemin
Hans-Georg Gadamer	Philosopher	11-Feb-1900	13-Mar-2002	Truth and Method
Kurt Gerstein	Military	11-Aug-1905	25-Jul-1945	Holocaust collaborator and whistleblower
Otto Hahn	Chemist	8-Mar-1879	28-Jul-1968	Demonstrated fission
Patrick Hamilton	Religion	1504	29-Feb-1528	Scottish Lutheran martyr
Jules A. Hoffmann	Biologist	2-Aug-1941		Innate immunity
Hans Jonas	Philosopher	10-May-1903	5-Feb-1993	Gnostic philosopher
Alexander Kluge	Film Director	14-Feb-1932		Yesterday Girl
Mikhail Lomonosov	Poet	19-Nov-1711	15-Apr-1765	Early father of Russian poetry
Cameron Munter	Diplomat	1954		US Ambassador to Serbia
Boris Pasternak	Author	10-Feb-1890	30-May-1960	Doctor Zhivago
Julius Plücker	Mathematician	16-Jul-1801	22-May-1868	Analytical geometry
Robert Siodmak	Film Director	8-Aug-1900	10-Mar-1973	The Killers
Leo Strauss	Philosopher	20-Sep-1899	18-Oct-1973	Patron saint of Neoconservatism
Georg Wittig	Chemist	16-Jun-1897	26-Aug-1987	Wittig Reaction
Friedrich Wöhler	Chemist	31-Jul-1800	23-Sep-1882	Artificial creation of urea
Karl Ziegler	Chemist	26-Nov-1898	12-Aug-1973	Researcher in plastics

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Emil von Behring	Doctor	15-Mar-1854	31-Mar-1917	Created diptheria innoculation
Ferdinand Braun	Physicist	6-Jun-1850	20-Apr-1918	Rectifier effect in semiconductors
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen	Chemist	31-Mar-1811	16-Aug-1899	Spectrum analysis, bunsen burner
Hans-Georg Gadamer	Philosopher	11-Feb-1900	13-Mar-2002	Truth and Method
Albrecht Kossel	Scientist	16-Sep-1853	5-Jul-1927	Chemistry of tissues and cells
Otto Loewi	Scientist	3-Jun-1873	25-Dec-1961	Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter
Denis Papin	Inventor	22-Aug-1647	c. 1712	Steam engine innovator
Alfred Wegener	Scientist	1-Nov-1880	Nov-1930	Continental drift
Georg Wittig	Chemist	16-Jun-1897	26-Aug-1987	Wittig Reaction
Christian Wolff	Philosopher	24-Jan-1679	9-Apr-1754	Philosopher of the Leibniz model

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