Erwin Findlay-Freundlich

Erwin Findlay-Freundlich (May 29, 1885  – July 24, 1964) [Scottish name:"Finlay"] was an German astronomer, businessman, and a pupil of Felix Klein. He was born in Biebrich, Germany. Freundlich was a working associate of Albert Einstein and introduced experiments for which the general theory of relativity could be tested by astronomical observations based on the gravitational redshift.

Freundlich reasearched the deflection of light rays passing close to the sun. He proposed an experiment, during an eclipse, to verify the validity of Einstein's theory. Freundlich demonstration would have proven Newton's theories incorrect. He did conduct inconclusive tests of Einstein's general relativity.

Freundlich died in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Publications

• Findlay-Freundlich, Erwin, "Grundlagen der Einsteinschen Gravitationstheorie".

External links and resources

• School of Mathematics and Statistics. "Erwin Findlay-Freundlich". University of St Andrews, Scotland.