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| 22. 10.1933 | born in Frankfurt/Main as the oldest of five children of Albert Breuer and his wife Erna. |
| 1952 | Abitur at Schinkel-Gymnasium, Berlin |
| 1952 - 1958 | Student of Physics at the Universities of Berlin and Frankfurt |
| July 1958 | Diplom-Physiker degree, University of Frankfurt, Germany Thesis: A Range-Energy-Relation for Fast Electrons. |
| January 1957 - April 1962 | Scientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysics in Frankfurt |
| February 1962 | Dr. phil. nat. (PhD) degree, University of Frankfurt, Germany Thesis : Spectrum of Photo neutrons from Lead |
| May 1962 - April 1964 | Student of Medicine at the Universities of Innsbruck and Tübingen as a Fellow of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes Student of German Literature with Walter Jens, Tübingen |
| May 1964 - April 1965 | Postdoctoral Fellow, National Research Council of Canada Research at the Linear Accelerator Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| July 1966 | Scientist at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany |
| July 1967 | married to Rosemarie Berg |
| April 1968 | First son, Klaus, is born |
| August 1967 - June 1969 | Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon,
Canada Teaching: Basis Physics, Modern Physics, Physics for Life Sciences |
| June 1969 | Promotion to Associate Professor Tenure was granted |
| August 1969 , - July 1971 | Associate Professor of Physics, California State College, California,
Pa, USA Teaching: Modern Physics, Physics for Life Science Students Administration: Setting up new Physics Faculty Received Tenure |
| March 1970 | Second son, Hannes, is born |
| August 1971 | Independent author while living on board his sailing yacht for 5 years |
| September 1976 - December 1976 | Visiting Professor at the Max-Planck-Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt, Germany |
| January 1977 - May 1981 | Scientific Officer, P4, at the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria Duties: Editing ATOMINDEX, Educating referees of scientific literature |
| February 1977 | Third son, Florian, born |
| October 1981 | Emigration to South Africa |
| October 1981- December 1984 | Principal Scientist, National Accelerator Laboratory, Faure, South Africa |
| November 1983 - December 1985 | Senior Lecturer part time , University of Cape Town Lectures: Physics for Medical Students, How to Write a Thesis Setting up of access to data banks, Application of lasers in medicine |
| January 1985 - December 1989 | Consultant at Medical School, UCT Advising Prof. Bruno Reichard on Lasers in Medicine Developing recanalisation of blood vessels by laser Lectures: Physics for Medical Staff and Nurses Supervising Ph.D.- and Master theses |
| Since 1991 | Hon. Lecturer, University of Cape Town, Medical Faculty |
Since 1985: Independent Consultant and Author
Director of Stellenbosch Scientific Instruments CC
Consultant for Lasers in medicine, especially developing instrumentation and methods for recanalisation.
Co-Author (with Klaus, Hannes and Florian Breuer) of a complex planning program for proton- radiotherapy planning, 1993 - 96
Honorary Lecturer at the Department for Bio Medical Engineering, University of Cape Town.
Hans Breuer died on 19 April 2020 at Somerset West.
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