- Harald Herborg Nielsen
Harald Herborg Nielsen (1903 - January 8, 1973) was an American physicist.
He was born in
Menominee, Michigan to immigrant parents who had moved to the United States fromDenmark . His college education was attained at theUniversity of Michigan , where he earned a Ph.D. He then spent a year at the Bohr's Institute inCopenhagen as a Scandinavian-American Fellow. In 1930 he joined theOhio State University , where he would remain until his retirement.Much of his work at OSU involved the
infrared spectra ofmolecule s; particularly with regard to their vibrational-rotational energies. He performed pioneering design work with high-resolution spectrographs, and made major theoretical contributions on molecular spectra.From 1946 until 1967 he was chairman of the Physics Department. He held a
Guggenheim Fellowship atCambridge University , 1949–50; served asscience attaché for the U.S. Embassy inStockholm , 1952–53, and was a Fulbright Lecturer,University of Paris , 1958–59. He also served as editor of the "Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy ".Awards and honors
* Fellow of the
American Physical Society .
* Elected to theCosmos Club , 1954.
* Cross of theOrder of Leopold ,Belgium , 1953.
* Cross of theOrder of Knights of Dannebrog , Denmark, 1957.
* University Medal,University of Liège .
* Honorary Doctorate,University of Dijon .
* Nielsen crater on theMoon is co-named for him andAxel Nielsen .References
*cite journal
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title=Harald Herborg Nielsen
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year=1973 | volume=63 | issue=5 | pages=638
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