Sir Franz Arthur Friedrich Schuster FRS (12 September 1851 – 17 October 1934) was a versatile German-born British physicist known for his work in spectroscopy, electrochemistry, optics, X-radiography and the application of harmonic analysis to physics. He contributed enormously to making the University of Manchester a centre for the study of physics.
Arthur Schuster was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany into a family of merchants and bankers.
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Sir Franz Arthur Friedrich Schuster FRS (12 September 1851 – 17 October 1934) was a versatile German-born British physicist known for his work in spectroscopy, electrochemistry, optics, X-radiography and the application of harmonic analysis to physics. He contributed enormously to making the University of Manchester a centre for the study of physics.
Arthur Schuster was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany into a family of merchants and bankers.
Schuster's parents were married in 1849, converted from Judaism to Christianity, and brought up their children in that faith. In 1869, his father moved to Manchester where the family textile business was based. Arthur, who had been to school in Frankfurt and was studying in Geneva, joined his parents in 1870 and he and the other children became British citizens in 1875.
From his childhood, Schuster had been interested in science and after working for a year for Schuster Brothers he persuaded his father to let him study at Owens College. He...
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