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Paul Rosbaud

Austrian metallurgist (1896–1963)

Paul Rosbaud (18 November 1896 – 28 January 1963), was an Austrian-born metallurgist and scientific adviser for Springer Verlag in Germany before and during World War II.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Paul Rosbaud (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Nov 18, 1896, died Jan 28, 1963.¹

About

He continued in science publishing after the war with Pergamon Press in Oxford, England. In 1986 Arnold Kramish revealed the undercover work of Rosbaud for the British during the war in the book The Griffin. The Greatest Untold Espionage Story of World War II. It was Rosbaud who dispelled anxiety over a "German atom bomb".

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Companies

Pergamon PressFounder¹³

Early life and education

Date not recordedTechnical University of Darmstadt³
Date not recordedTechnische Universität Berlin³

Paul Rosbaud was born in Graz, Austria. He was an illegitimate child. His mother taught the piano, and Paul's brother Hans Rosbaud became a famous conductor. Rosbaud served in the Austrian army during World War I from 1915 to 1918. After the war ended his unit was taken prisoner of war by British forces; this experience gave him a liking for the British. He studied chemistry at Technische Hochschule Darmstadt beginning in 1920. He continued his studies at Kaiser Wilhelm Institut in Berlin. For his doctorate, Rosbaud studied metallurgy with Erich Schmid at Technische Hochschule Berlin-Charlottenburg, and in 1925 Rosbaud and Schmid wrote "Über Verfestigung von Einkristallen durch Legierung und Kaltreekung" (translated title: "On strain hardening of crystals by alloying and cold stretching"), a frequently cited article.

Rosbaud then became a "roving scientific talent scout" for the scientific periodical Metallwirtschaft.

In 1932 he began to work for publishing house Springer Verlag.

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Career

Occupation: spy, physicist, science journalist, resistance fighter, scientific editor, chemist.⁶

Date not recordedWorked at Axel Springer SE⁴
Date not recordedFounded Pergamon Press⁵

Personal life

BornNov 18, 1896, Graz^{7 8}
DiedJan 28, 1963, London⁹
CitizenshipAustria¹⁰

Awards

1961John Torrence Tate Medal^{11 12}

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