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DORIS KUHLMANN-WILSDORF
DORIS KUHLMANN-WILSDORF
Pages 192-195
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A dedicated student and researcher, Doris continued working in her laboratory even after Allied bombs blew out the windows during World War II. She emigrated to England in 1949 and studied with Nobel Laurate Sir Nevill Francis Mott at the University of Bristol.
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She published more than 300 scientific papers and started two companies. Her many honors include the 1988 Heyn Medal from the German Society for Materials Science for her work on the theory of metal deformation; the Ragnar Holm Scientific Achievement Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1991; and the University of Virginia's Christopher J
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The deaths of her two treasured children, Gabriele in 1969 and Michael in 1979, and her husband Heinz in 2000, were crushing blows. But Doris remained warm, friendly, and intellectually engaged throughout her life and touched many people with her charm and wit.
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