EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Jena, Thuringia, Germany

Founding Date:
2-Feb-1558

Enrollment:
19,000

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hans Berger	Physicist	21-May-1873	1-Jun-1941	Electroencephalogram
Rudolf Carnap	Philosopher	18-May-1891	14-Sep-1970	The Logical Syntax of Language
Gottlob Frege	Mathematician	8-Nov-1848	26-Jul-1925	Mathematical logician
Roland Freisler	Government	30-Oct-1893	3-Feb-1945	Headed the Reich Ministry of Justice
Fritz Haber	Chemist	9-Dec-1868	29-Jan-1934	Synthesized ammonia, chemical warfare
Gerhart Hauptmann	Playwright	15-Nov-1862	6-Jun-1946	Die Weber
Herbert Kroemer	Physicist	25-Aug-1928		Pioneer in laser technology
Matthias Jakob Schleiden	Botanist	5-Apr-1804	23-Jun-1881	Principles of Scientific Botany
Arthur Schopenhauer	Philosopher	22-Feb-1788	21-Sep-1860	Philosopher of Pessimism
Walter Schottky	Physicist	23-Jul-1886	4-Mar-1976	Solid-state physics and electronics
László Sólyom	Head of State	3-Jan-1942		President of Hungary
Gunther von Hagens	Artist	10-Jan-1945		Popularized cadaver art
Henry Nelson Wieman	Philosopher	19-Aug-1884	19-Jun-1975	The Source of Human Good
Johann Winckelmann	Archaeologist	9-Dec-1717	8-Jun-1768	Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums
Christa Wolf	Novelist	18-Mar-1929	1-Dec-2011	Divided Heaven
Christian Wolff	Philosopher	24-Jan-1679	9-Apr-1754	Philosopher of the Leibniz model

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Anton Wilhelm Amo	Philosopher	1703	1784	First European-educated African philosopher
Hans Berger	Physicist	21-May-1873	1-Jun-1941	Electroencephalogram
Ludwig Biermann	Astronomer	13-Mar-1907	12-Jan-1986	Solar winds
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn	Religion	16-Oct-1752	27-Jun-1827	Old Testament scholar and critic
Rudolf Eucken	Philosopher	5-Jan-1846	14-Sep-1926	Individual and Society
Gottlob Frege	Mathematician	8-Nov-1848	26-Jul-1925	Mathematical logician
Ernst Haeckel	Zoologist	16-Feb-1834	9-Aug-1919	Proponent of evolution
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel	Philosopher	27-Aug-1770	14-Nov-1831	Phenomenology of Spirit
Walter Hieber	Chemist	18-Dec-1895	29-Nov-1976	Metal carbonyl chemistry
Friedrich Hund	Physicist	4-Feb-1896	31-Mar-1997	Quantum tunneling
Justus Lipsius	Scholar	18-Oct-1547	23-Mar-1606	Belgian scholar and author
August Wilhelm von Schlegel	Scholar	8-Sep-1767	12-May-1845	Über dramatisch Kunst und Literatur
Matthias Jakob Schleiden	Botanist	5-Apr-1804	23-Jun-1881	Principles of Scientific Botany
Erwin Schrödinger	Physicist	12-Aug-1887	4-Jan-1961	Schrödinger's wave equation
Friedrich von Schlegel	Philosopher	10-Mar-1772	12-Jan-1829	Founder of the German Romantic movement

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hans Berger	Physicist	21-May-1873	1-Jun-1941	Electroencephalogram

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