Richard Becker (physicist)

Richard Becker
Born	2 December 1887  Hamburg
Died	16 March 1955  (aged 67) Bad Schwalbach
Alma mater	Humboldt University of Berlin
Academic career
Doctoral advisor	August Weismann
Doctoral students	Herbert Kroemer, Egon Orowan, Wilhelm Brenig, Peter Haasen

Richard Becker (German pronunciation: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈbɛkɐ]; 3 December 1887 – 16 March 1955) was a German theoretical physicist who made contributions in thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, superconductivity, and quantum electrodynamics.