Friedrich Hund

Friedrich Hund was a German physicist, university teacher, and non-fiction writer. Born in Karlsruhe in 1896, he worked as a professor at Goethe University Frankfurt, Leipzig University, University of Göttingen, and Friedrich Schiller University Jena. His work locations included Jena and Leipzig. He held citizenship in Germany and the German Democratic Republic. Hund studied at Leipzig University, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, University of Rostock, and University of Göttingen. His doctoral advisor was Max Born.

Hund was a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, German Academy of Sciences at Berlin, Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He received the National Prize of East Germany, Max Planck Medal, and Cothenius Medal. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics and Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His notable works include *Das Naturbild der Physik*, *Materie als Feld*, and *Die Geschichte der Göttinger Physik*. He died in Göttingen in 1997. His child was Gerhard Hund.