Gunnar Hagg, 1903-1986
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<h2>Journal of Applied Crystallography</h2><h3></h3><h3>0021-8898</h3> <h2>obituaries</h2> Volume 20 Part 1 Pages 1-2 February 1987 <h2>Gunnar Hägg, 1903-1986</h2> A. Magnéli J. Appl. Cryst. (1987). 20, 1-2 Obituary Gunnar Higg 14 December 1903- 28 May 1986 When Gunnar H/igg died, chemical crystallography lost one of its great pioneers. The introduction of X-ray diffraction methods into inorganic chemistry produced a revolutionary transition and revitalization of the subject, and H/igg played a major role in this development. He obtained his licentiate degree in chemistry at the University of Stockholm in 1926 with a study of the hydrolysis of sodium silicate solutions. Looking for a topic for his doctoral thesis, H/igg sought the advice of Professor Arne Westgren, who had been studying various alloy systems by X-ray crystallographic methods for some years together with Gfsta Phragmrn. Westgren enthusiastically described the thrills of the X-ray work: 'one nearly has the feeling of touching the atoms'; and so H/igg decided to start working in that field. One of his first ideas, to investigate silicates as a kind of continuation of his previous research, was dropped in consideration of the breakthrough in that area by W. L. Bragg and his school. Instead, H~igg decided on a subject