* 02.12.1881
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Bremen
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Born 02 December in Bremen
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1901 - 1906
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Study of physics at the TH Munich and the universities of Berlin, Munich and Göttingen
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1906
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Assistant at the Institute for Applied Electricity of Hermann Theodor Simon and doctorate to Doctor of Philosophy
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1907 - 1911
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Berlin
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Engineer at Siemens & Halske in Berlin
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1910
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Berlin
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Habilitation at the TH Berlin
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1911
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Dresden
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Appointment to the TH Dresden as professor and director of the institute for light-current engineering
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1915 - 1918
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Kiel
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Work in the laboratory of "inspection of torpedo and mine engineering" in Kiel
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1917
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Discovery of the "Barkhausen effect" and the "Barkhausen-Kurz oscillations"
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1918
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Dresden
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Return to the TH Dresden, Appointment as full professor
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1923
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First volume of "electron tubes", followed by three more volumes
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1926
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Introduction of the "Phon" as measure of loudness
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1946 - 1953
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Dresden
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Again appointment as full professor and director of the institute for light-current engineering at the TH Dresden
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01.09.1953
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Dresden
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Retirement
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† 20.02.1956
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Dresden
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Died at 20 February in Dresden
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