George Sachs
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George Sachs was a Russia
n-born German and American metallurgist.
Born in Moscow
, he taught at Frankfurt University (1930-1935), and the Case Institute of Technology (now Case Western Reserve University
, CWRU; him since 1942)
He was of Jewish birth, and left Germany with his family in 1937 to escape Nazi persecution, and settled in the United States
. He was the father of the astronomer Rainer Kurt Sachs
.
Russia
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n-born German and American metallurgist.
Born in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, he taught at Frankfurt University (1930-1935), and the Case Institute of Technology (now Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...
, CWRU; him since 1942)
He was of Jewish birth, and left Germany with his family in 1937 to escape Nazi persecution, and settled in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. He was the father of the astronomer Rainer Kurt Sachs
Rainer Kurt Sachs
Rainer Kurt Sachs is a German-American computational radiation biologist and astronomer. In particular he and Arthur Michael Wolfe were the authors of the Sachs-Wolfe effect, which concerns a property of the Cosmic microwave background radiation.- Life and career :He was born in Frankfurt am Main...
.