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䨀漀栀愀渀渀攀猀 匀琀愀爀欀 眀愀猀 戀漀爀渀 漀渀 䄀瀀爀椀氀 㔀Ⰰ 㠀㜀㐀 椀渀 匀挀栀椀挀欀攀渀栀漀昀Ⰰ 䈀愀瘀愀爀椀愀㬀 栀椀猀 昀愀琀栀攀爀 眀愀猀 愀 氀愀渀搀攀搀 瀀爀漀瀀爀椀攀琀漀爀⸀ 䠀攀 眀愀猀 攀搀甀挀愀琀攀搀 愀琀 琀栀攀 䜀礀洀渀愀猀椀甀洀 ⠀最爀愀洀洀愀爀 猀挀栀漀漀氀⤀ 椀渀 䈀愀礀爀攀甀琀栀 愀渀搀 氀愀琀攀爀 椀渀 刀攀最攀渀猀戀甀爀最 愀渀搀 瀀爀漀挀攀攀搀攀搀 琀漀 䴀甀渀椀挀栀 唀渀椀瘀攀爀猀椀琀礀 椀渀 㠀㤀㐀 琀漀 爀攀愀搀 瀀栀礀猀椀挀猀Ⰰ 洀愀琀栀攀洀愀琀椀挀猀Ⰰ 挀栀攀洀椀猀琀爀礀 愀渀搀 挀爀礀猀琀愀氀氀漀最爀愀瀀栀礀⸀
Stark graduated in 1897 on the basis of his doctoral dissertation on Newton's electrochronic rings in a certain type of dim media. He worked as assistant to von Lommel at the Physics Institute at Munich University from 1897 until 1900 and then became unsalaried university lecturer of physics at the University of Göttingen. In 1906 he was appointed extraordinary professor at the Technische Hochschule in Hannover and in 1909 he followed the invitation of the Technische Hochschule in Aachen to become Professor there. A similar appointment at the University of Greifswald followed in 1917. Three years later he moved to the Physics Institute of the University of Würzburg, where he stayed until 1922.
Stark's scientific works cover three large fields: the electric currents in gases, spectroscopic analysis, and chemical valency. His spectroscopic work deals with the connection between the alteration in the structure and in the spectrum of chemical atoms. In 1919 Stark was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for his "discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields". The prize enabled him to set up his own private laboratory.