Peter Debye | |
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Born | Maastricht, Netherlands | March 24, 1884
Died | November 2, 1966 Ithaca, New York, US | (aged 82)
Citizenship | Netherlands / United States |
Alma mater | RWTH Aachen University of Munich |
Known for | Debye model Debye relaxation Debye frequency |
Spouse |
Mathilde Alberer (m. 1913) |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Rumford Medal (1930) Faraday Lectureship Prize (1933) Lorentz Medal (1935) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1936) Willard Gibbs Award (1949) Max Planck Medal (1950) William H. Nichols Medal (1961) Priestley Medal (1963) National Medal of Science (1965) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics, chemistry |
Institutions | University of Zurich (1911–12) University of Utrecht (1912–14) University of Göttingen (1914–20) ETH Zurich (1920–27) University of Leipzig (1927–34) University of Berlin (1934–39) Cornell University (1940–50) |
Doctoral advisor | Arnold Sommerfeld |
Doctoral students | Lars Onsager Paul Scherrer George K. Fraenkel Fritz Zwicky |
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Peter Joseph William Debye ForMemRS[1] (/dɪˈbaɪ/;[2] Dutch: [dəˈbɛiə]; March 24, 1884 – November 2, 1966)[3][4] was a Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist, and Nobel laureate in Chemistry.