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THE issue of the Phvsikalische Zeitschrift for February i contains an obituary notice of Prof. Max Abraham by Profs. M. Born and M. v. Laue. He was born at Danzig in 1875 and studied under Planck at Berlin. After graduating he became Planck's assistant, and in 1900 privatdozent at Gottingen. For a short time in 1905 he acted as professor at the University of Illinois, and, after his return to Gottingen, was in 1909 appointed professor of theoretical physics at Milan. The War ended this, and he held temporary posts till last year, when he was appointed professor of theoretical mechanics at Aix-la-Chapelle. Illness prevented him commencing duties there, and he died of tumour on the brain on November 16, 1922. He was well known in this country for his book “Theorie der Elektrizitat,” for his articles on vectors and on electromagnetic waves in the “Mathematische Encyklopiidie,” and for his papers on the dynamics of electrons, all giving evidence of a clear and logical mind.
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Prof. M. Abraham. Nature 111, 506 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111506b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/111506b0