Wilhelm Groth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wilhelm Groth

German chemist

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1904

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 20-Feb-1977

Profession: chemist, university teacher, nuclear physicist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Wilhelm Groth (9 January 1904 in Hamburg – 20 February 1977 in Bonn) was a German physical chemist.
During World War II, he worked on the German nuclear energy project, also known as the Uranium Club; his main activity was the development of centrifuges for the enrichment of uranium.
After the war, he was a professor of physical chemistry at the University of Hamburg.
In 1950, he became director of the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the University of Bonn.
He was a principal in the 1956 shipment of three centrifuges for uranium enrichment to Brazil.