Friedrich Ernst Dorn

Friedrich Ernst Dorn
Friedrich Ernst Dorn
Born	(1848-07-27)27 July 1848 Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto), Province of Prussia
Died	16 December 1916(1916-12-16) (aged 68) Halle, Province of Saxony, Germany
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Königsberg
Known for	Dorn effect Radon
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Halle University

Friedrich Ernst Dorn (27 July 1848 – 16 December 1916) was a German physicist. He is best remembered for his discovery that radium emits a radioactive substance, later named radon.