death_place death_date work_institution birth_place citizenship doctoral_students field birth_date known_for residence prizes article_title name alma_mater
adelaide , australia 07 january 2010 university national university -lrb- 1963 -- 1984 -rrb- of tasmania -lrb- 1941 -- 1963 -rrb- australian mainz , germany german -- 2010 -rrb- german -lrb- 1983 -- 2010 -rrb- -lrb- 1919 -- 1945 -rrb- australian -lrb- 1945 peter j. sands , greg forbes theoretical physics 07 july 1919 f thermodynamics optics -lrb- r -rrb- gravity , buchdahl 's theorem australia thomas ranken lyle medal -lrb- 1972 -rrb- hans adolph buchdahl
 hans adolf buchdahl imperial -lrb- phd -rrb- college london -lrb- bs -rrb- university of tasmania
hans adolph buchdahl

hans adolf buchdahl -lrb- 7 july 1919 -- 7 january 2010 -rrb- was a german-born australian physicist .
he contributed to general relativity , thermodynamics and optics .
he is particularly known for developing f -lrb- r -rrb- gravity and buchdahl 's theorem on the schwarzschild 's solution for the inside of a spherical star .
