| Emil Warburg | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 March 1846 Altona, Germany |
| Died | 28 July 1931 (aged 85) Bayreuth, Germany |
| Residence |  Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Field | Physicist |
| Institutions | University of Berlin University of Strassburg University of Freiburg |
| Alma mater | University of Berlin |
| Academic advisor | Heinrich Gustav Magnus |
| Notable students | James Franck  E. Grueneisen |
| He was the father of Otto Heinrich Warburg. | |
Emil Gabriel Warburg (9 March,1846 (Altona) - 28 July,1931 (Bayreuth)) was a German physicist who during his career was professor of physics at the Universities of Straßburg, Freiburg and Berlin. He was president of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft 1899-1905. He carried out research in the areas of kinetic theory of gases, electrical conductivity, gas discharges, he radiation, ferromagnetism and photochemistry. Among his students were James Franck (Nobel prize for physics 1925), E. Grueneisen, R. W. Pohl, Hans von Euler-Chelpin (Nobel prize for chemistry 1929). He was the father of Otto Heinrich Warburg.
