Born in Breslau, Korn was the son of a
Jewish couple, Moritz and Malwine Schottlaender. He attended
gymnasia in
Breslau and
Berlin. He then studied physics and mathematics in
Leipzig at the age of 15, from where he graduated in 1890. Afterwards, he studied in Berlin,
Paris,
London and
Würzburg. In 1895, he became a lecturer in law at the
University of Munich, and was appointed professor in 1903. In 1914, he accepted the chair of physics at
Technische Universität Berlin. Dr. Korn, being of Jewish descent, was dismissed from his post in 1935 with the rise of the
Nazi Party. In 1939 he left Germany with his family and moved to the United States, entering via Mexico. There, he took the chair in physics and mathematics at
Stevens Institute of Technology in
Hoboken, New Jersey. He died in
Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1945. == Telecommunication pioneer ==