translate English to German: Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger ( August 12 , 1887 – January 4 , 1961 ), an Austria n physicist , achieved fame for his contributions to quantum mechanics , especially the Schrödinger equation , for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1933.
Sein Vater Rudolf Schrödinger war Wachstuchfabrikant und Botaniker. Seine Mutter Georgine Emilia Brenda war die Tochter des Professors für Allgemeine Chemie Alexander Bauer an der k. k. Technischen Hochschule in Wien.