Karl Schwarzschild

German physicist, astronomer and mathematician (1873–1916)
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Karl Schwarzschild
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36 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[48]
Date of birth
October 9, 1873
Date of death
May 11, 1916
Place of birth
Frankfurt
Place of death
Potsdam
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of Prussia[14]
Ethnic group
Jewish people[15]
Position held
director[21]
Award received
honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)[43]
Doctoral advisor
Hugo von Seeliger[29]
Cause of death
pemphigus[55]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German
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Academic thesis
Die Poincarésche Theorie des Gleichgewichts einer homogenen rotierenden Flüssigkeitsmasse
Given name
Karl[57]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Manner of death
disease
Name in native language
Karl Schwarzschild
Relative
Friedrich Julius Rosenbach, Agnes Rosenbach
Writing language
German
🏷️ Also known as
en Karl Schwarzschild en Karl Scharzschild ar كارل شفارتسشيلد el Καρλ Σβάρτσιλντ fa کارل شوارتز شیلد fa کارل شوارتزشیلد fi Schwarzschild he קארל שוורצשילד he קארל שווארצשילד he קרל שווארצשילד he קרל שוורצשילד ja カール・シュヴァルツシルト ja カール・シュバルツシルト ko 슈바르츠실드 ko 슈바르츠실트 ko 카를 슈바르츠실트 pt Carl schwarzschild ru Шварцшильд К. ru Карл Шварцшильд ru Шварцшильд Карл
🔖 Identifiers · 87
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n87810561
GND ID
119051524
Academic Tree ID
82377
Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID
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Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
karl-schwarzschild
AstroGen ID
41526
BIBSYS ID
97043908, 90562666
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
123988975
Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers ID
1247
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
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CONOR.SI ID
299393891
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11216831
CiNii Research ID
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Comic Vine ID
4005-137823
DDB person (GND) ID
119051524
De Agostini ID
Schwarzschild,+Karl
Described at URL
www.biografiasyvidas.com
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119051524
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
184440
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Karl-Schwarzschild
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
karl-schwarzschild
FAST ID
194633
FES digital collections entity ID
367225
FactGrid item ID
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FamilySearch person ID
LYTC-V4V
Find a Grave memorial ID
179623158
FotoCH photographer ID
48212
Frankfurter Personenlexikon ID
1202
Freebase ID
/m/014qjt
Geni profile ID
6000000000406481761
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
karl-schwarzschild
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0061478
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Karl_Schwarzschild
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4691944
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
shvartsshil-d-karl-286368
Hessian Biography person ID
18691
Historical picture postcards University of Osnabrück ID
karl_schwarzschild
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
55037
INSPIRE-HEP author ID
K.Schwarzschild.1
IdRef ID
033087067
J9U entity ID
987007272232005171
Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)
14787
Jewish Virtual Library ID
schwarzschild-karl
KBR person ID
14325169
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119051524
Leopoldina member ID (new)
karl-schwarzschild
Lexikon der Mathematik entry ID
8888
MR Author ID
640869
MacTutor biography ID
Schwarzschild
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
52349
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA06595421
NL CR AUT ID
mub2018994596
NNDB people ID
713/000168209
NUKAT ID
n99029744
National Library of Latvia ID
000244554
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810627564505606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
078246008
Niedersächsische Personen ID
1043217886
Nobel Prize People Nomination ID
8285
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3973301
Open Library ID
OL2394824A
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100447395
Poincaré Papers person ID
538
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID
252420
Prabook ID
1720711
RERO ID (legacy)
A018059861
Regensburg Classification
UB 2748
SHARE Catalogue author ID
10153
SNAC ARK ID
w6ms3vd6
ScienceDirect topic ID
mathematics/schwarzschild
Topic's main category
Category:Karl Schwarzschild
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058527772106706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1258374
Wellcome Collection concept ID
r2fw6t64
WikiTree person ID
Schwarzschild-16
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJcwCpYVcBVGQvXvTqmyBP
ZbMATH author ID
schwarzschild.karl

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Summary

Karl Schwarzschild was born on October 9, 1873[1], in Frankfurt[2]. He died on May 11, 1916[3], in Potsdam[4]. He worked as a physicist[5], astronomer[6], astrophysicist[7], university teacher[8], and mathematician[9].

FAQs

Where was Karl Schwarzschild born?

Karl Schwarzschild was born in Frankfurt[2].

Where did Karl Schwarzschild die?

Karl Schwarzschild died in Potsdam[4].

Who were Karl Schwarzschild's parents?

Karl Schwarzschild's father was Moses Martin Schwarzschild[11].

Who was Karl Schwarzschild married to?

Karl Schwarzschild's spouses include Else Schwarzschild[12].

What did Karl Schwarzschild do for work?

Karl Schwarzschild worked as a physicist[5], astronomer[6], astrophysicist[7], university teacher[8], and mathematician[9].

Where did Karl Schwarzschild go to school?

Karl Schwarzschild was educated at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München[26], University of Strasbourg[27], and Lessing-Gymnasium[28].

What awards did Karl Schwarzschild receive?

Honors received include honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)[43].

References

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  25. [25] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  26. [10] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [15] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . genealogy.ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [49] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . genealogy.ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  34. [53] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. genealogy.ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [47] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  39. [54] ↑ . kalliope-verbund.info. kalliope-verbund.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [55] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  42. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  43. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  47. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  1. 3d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sibling → Robert Schwarzschild, Clara Emden, Alfred Schwarzschild
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    "Changed claim: Place of burial: Göttingen City Cemetery"
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    FES digital collections entity ID → 367225
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