August Hagenbach (22 December 1871 – 11 August 1955) was a Swiss physicist working in spectroscopy.
He was the son of physicist Eduard Hagenbach-Bischoff and obtained his Ph.D. in 1894 at the University of Leipzig with a thesis titled "" under the supervision of Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann.
In 1906, he took over the chaired professorship at the University of Basel earlier held by his father.
In 1926, he was rector of the University of Basel.All biographical information can be found in the article on Hagenbach in: German Biographical Reference
One of his students was Ernst Stueckelberg.See History of Physics Department of Basel University (German)
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Brief 'genealogical' information on August Hagenbach
Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz