Finlay-Freundlich, Erwin
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| Birthname | Erwin Fritz Finlaÿ Freundlich | ||||
| born on | 29 May 1885 at 05:00 (= 05:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Wiesbaden, Germany, 50n05, 8e14 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m8e14 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   07°55'   11°36 Asc. 23°25'
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Biography
German astronomer, a pupil of Felix Klein, and a working associate of Albert Einstein, who introduced experiments for which the general theory of relativity could be tested by astronomical observations based on the gravitational redshift.
Freundlich researched the deflection of light rays passing close to the Sun. He proposed an experiment, during an eclipse, to verify the validity of Einstein's theory of general relativity. Freundlich's demonstration would have proven Newton's theories incorrect. He did conduct inconclusive tests on the prediction by Einstein's theory of gravitation-induced red shift of spectral lines in the Sun, using the solar observatories he had constructed in Potsdam and Istanbul. In 1953, he proposed with Max Born an alternative explanation of the red shifts observed in galaxies by a tired light model.
Freundlich died in Wiesbaden on 24 July 1964, aged 79.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Born, Max (born 11 December 1882)
- associate relationship with Einstein, Albert (born 14 March 1879)
- sibling relationship with Freundlich, Herbert (born 28 January 1880)
- (has as) teacher relationship with Klein, Felix (born 25 April 1849)
- (has as) teacher relationship with Schwarzschild, Karl (born 9 October 1873)
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth registry entry from Hesse Archives.
Categories
- Vocation : Science : Astronomy
