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Robert Bass

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Birthplace: 1110 Wien Simmeringer Hauptstrasse 80, Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Death: October 29, 1994 (90)
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Carl Eugen Bass and Cornelia Nelly Bass
Husband of Pauline Weissmann
Brother of Ilse Bass and Susanne Bass

Managed by: Itai Hermelin
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About Robert Bass

Birth: Österreich, Niederösterre...Kultusgemeinde, 1784-1911 Wien (alle Bezirke) Geburtsbücher Geburtsbuch Z 1903 Juli-Dez. (190/196)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9B2W-1S1?i=189&wc=...

1950 US census: https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/imageviewer/collections/62308/image...

Death: https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/1983512:5763
Name Robert E Bass
Gender Male
Race White, Not Hispanic (White)
Age 90
Birth Date 31 Dec 1903
Death Date 29 Oct 1994
Death Hospital Other/Nursing Home
Death Place Toledo, Lucas, USA
Inquest Hospital Long-Term Care Facilities
Registrar's Certificate Number 088573
Father
Bass
Mother
Rucicki
Inquest Questions Time of Death: 01:45 AM
Education 5+ years college
Industry Colleges and universities
Occupation Postsecondary teachers, subject not specified

University of Toledo archive: https://www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/HTML_findingaids/UM_84.html

Robert Bass was born on December 31st, 1903 in Vienna, Austria. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Vienna in 1927, Dr. Bass was a lecturer at the Institutes for Adult Education. When Hitler came to power, Bass fled his native country for England, where he found a job at King Edward VI School in Birmingham. He remained in England from 1942 to 1944. Then, he came to America and began teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, focusing on physics, in 1945.

In 1947, he joined the staff at UT as an assistant professor of physics. In addition, he served on multiple organizations and committees around campus. He remained a professor of physics, teaching mainly introductory courses, until his retirement in 1974. During his time at UT and during his retirement, Dr. Bass published several articles pertaining to his interest in physics as well as his interest in space and astronomy.

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Robert Bass's Timeline

1903
December 31, 1903
1110 Wien Simmeringer Hauptstrasse 80, Vienna, Vienna, Austria
1994
October 29, 1994
Age 90
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, United States