Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann


Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann was a prominent Baltic German chemist-physicist who made important contributions in the fields of glassy and solid solutions, heterogeneous equilibria, crystallization, and metallurgy.

Biography

Tamman was born in Yamburg. His father, Heinrich Tammann was of Estonian peasant origin and his mother, Matilda Schünmann, was of German origin. Tamman graduated from University of Dorpat in chemistry. He came to Göttingen University in 1903 where he established the first Institute of Inorganic Chemistry in Germany. In 1908 he was appointed director of the Physico-Chemical Institute. His interests focused on the physics and physical chemistry of metals and alloys. In 1925 Tammann was awarded Liebig Medal. On 28 May 1936, Tammann was awarded the shield of nobility of the German Empire, with dedication "The Doyen of German Metallurgy". He also known for the Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann equation, named after him.
Tammann died in Göttingen at age 77.

Awards

Tammann was awarded the following prizes:
The Tammann Commemorative Medal of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde is named after him.