Originalaufnahme von Manfred von Ardenne
 

Manfred von Ardenne

 
 

1907

Born on January 20th in 1907 in Hamburg as the first son of a Prussian officer’s family

1923

First patent filed on „Method for sound selection”

1926

Development of a resistance radio receiver with three-stage tube (together with LOEWE radio)

1928

Establishment of Laboratory for Electron Physics in Berlin-Lichterfelde

1931

Manfred von Ardenne introduces the first fully electronic television in the world developed by himself in Berlin

1934

Invention and development of an electron-optical image converter

1937

Construction of the first scanning electron microscope

1939

Development of universal electron microscope with stereo technology

1941

Award of the silver Leibniz medal for the participation at the research and application of radar technology  

1942

Finish of the development of the 1 MeV van de Graaff neutron generator

1943

Construction of the Cyclotron with 60 t magnet

1945

Last phase of the development of a Lithium separator with toric magnetic field and plasma ion source

1945/55

Interned in Suchumi (USSR), participation in the Soviet nuclear weapons program

1948

Concept and development of duoplasmatron ion source

1953

Construction of the mass spectrograph with dual focus and ion image converter

1955

Foundation of the Research Institute Manfred von Ardenne, Dresden, which became one of the most famous research institutes of the GDR with 512 employees 

1957

Development of the swallowable intestinal sender to indicate pH and pressure in the gastrointestinal tract

1959

Invention of the electron beam multi-chamber furnace

1963

Development and construction of the plasma precision beam torch

1970

Proof of the tolerability of the systemic Cancer Multi-step Therapy with humans

1972

Creation of a concept for the Oxygen Multi-step Therapy

1978

Implementing, optimization and testing of the selectotherm hyperthermy method

1979

Start of work at different clinical assignments

1991

Foundation of the VON ARDENNE Anlagentechnik GmbH out of the Research Institute Manfred von Ardenne

1997

Manfred von Ardenne dies on 26 May 1997 at the age of 91