Heinrich Konen
Politician
1874 – 1948
Who was Heinrich Konen?
Heinrich Matthias Konen was a German physicist who specialized in spectroscopy. He was a founder and organizer of the Emergency Association of German Science, and he was a member of the "Senate" of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, the Reich Physical and Technical Institute, and the Reich Chemical and Technical Institute. When he was forced out of academia in 1933 due to his opposition to National Socialism, he became an advisor in the industrial sector, especially the Troisdorf Works. After World War II, Konen became rector of Bonn University and then headed the Culture Ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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- Born
- Sep 16, 1874
Cologne - Nationality
- Germany
- Education
- University of Bonn
- Died
- Dec 31, 1948
Bad Godesberg
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on July 23, 2013
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