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Oberth, Hermann, 1894-1989
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Biographical Note:Hermann Julius Oberth
Hermann Julius Oberth (1894-1989) was a German physicist and is considered a founding father of rocketry and astronautics.
Hermann Oberth was born on June 24, 1894 in current-day Sibiu, Romania. Oberth started work on rockets at a young age, contructing his first model rocket at 14 years old. He was drafted into the Imperial German Army at the onset of World War I, where he served in a medical unit but also found time to experiment with weightlessness. On July 6, 1918 he married Mathilde Hummel. The couple had four children.
Post-World War I, he relocated to Germany and studied physics. In 1922, he submitted his proposal for a doctoral dissertation on rocket science, which was rejected. However, Oberth published it privately and by 1929, had expanded it into the book, "Wege zur Raumschiffahrt (Ways to Spaceflight)".
Oberth was a member of the Verein für Raumschiffahrt (VfR);
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