Gustav Herglotz (2 February 1881 – 22 March 1953) was a German Bohemian physicist best known for his works on the theory of relativity and seismology.
Gustav Ferdinand Joseph Wenzel Herglotz was born in Volary num.
28 to a public notary Gustav Herglotz (also a Doctor of Law) and his wife Maria née Wachtel.
He studied mathematics and astronomy at the University of Vienna in 1899, and attended lectures by Ludwig Boltzmann.
In this time of study, he had a friendship with his colleagues Paul Ehrenfest, Hans Hahn and Heinrich Tietze.