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BORN at Brunswick in July 1855, Hans Geitel spent his early years at Blankenburg, and at the local secondary school he formed a friendship with Julius Elster that was the dominant note in both their careers. Having studied at the Universities of Heidelberg and Berlin, Geitel gained his Secondary Teacher's Diploma in 1879, and proceeded to the Secondary School at Wolfenbtittel, where he rose to be senior science master in 1896. Elster became associated with the same school in 1881, and lived until his marriage at Geitel's home. After his mother's death, Geitel joined his friend, and they built themselves a house with a well-equipped laboratory. Here they laboured until Elster's death in 1920, followed soon afterwards by that of Mrs. Elster. Left alone, Geitel arranged for his cousin to keep house for him, and in July 1922 he married her.
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L., R. Hans Geitel. Nature 113, 432–433 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113432b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/113432b0