Talk:Erwin Finlay-Freundlich

Imprisonment in Crimea
When Freundlich attempted to photograph the stars near the sun during the eclipse of 1914, war broke out in Europe, and, consequently, the Russians arrested him for being a German (with a telescope) spy. History Channel says he spend "a few months" imprisoned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyK5SG9rwWI This is an important element of Freundlich's life and should be included. There must be information about the episode somewhere. Nehmo (talk) 14:20, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

NY Times article
I've read an article at "http://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/24/science/letters-to-a-supporter-record-einstin-s-search-for-proof.html?pagewanted=all" that states in one paragraph...

"In 1918, Dr. Freundlich became Einstein's full-time assistant. After the world war, he raised money to establish the Einstein Observatory in Potsdam, becoming its first director and working alongside Einstein. This proximity accounts for the hiatus in their correspondence through most of the 1920's. When it was resumed briefly in 1931, Einstein was expressing some of his ideas for a theory unifying all the forces of nature, a goal that still defies scientists."

If the photo of the observatory is actually relevant to this article, then I suggest a link to the above quote.

LP-mn (talk) 01:14, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Erwin Finlay-Freundlich or Erwin Finlay Freundlich?
His mother's name was Finlayson, so I suppose that is where the name Finlay came from. Did he use it as part of a hyphenated surname or as a given name? The St Andrews website does not use the hyphen; apparently during his time in Scotland he went by the name of Finlay, rather than Erwin Moletrouser (talk) 04:39, 21 September 2012 (UTC)