# K. Alex Müller

_Swiss physicist (1927–2023)_

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> Karl Alexander Müller was a Swiss physicist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 with Georg Bednorz for their discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 20 April 1927 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122298#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Basel ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122298#P19))
- **Died:** 9 January 2023 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122298#P570))
- **Place of death:** Zurich ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122298#P20))
- **Citizenship:** Switzerland ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122298#P27))
- **Occupation:** physicist; university teacher ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122298#P106))
- **Education:** ETH Zurich ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122298#P69))
- **Awards:** IBM Fellow; honorary doctor of the Leipzig University; honorary doctorate of Salzburg University; Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva; honorary doctor of the Ruhr University Bochum; honorary doctor of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Munich; Honorary doctors of Ghent University; honorary doctor of the University of Regensburg; Marcel Benoist Prize; Robert Wichard Pohl Prize; Nobel Prize in Physics; Dannie Heineman Prize; Wilhelm Exner Medal; Fritz London Award ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122298#P166))

## Questions

**When was K. Alex Müller born?**  
K. Alex Müller was born on 20 April 1927 in Basel.

**Where did K. Alex Müller study?**  
K. Alex Müller was educated at ETH Zurich.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): K. Alex Müller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Alex_M%C3%BCller) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q122298](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122298) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Karl Alexander Mueller.jpg by Armin Kübelbeck (CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karl_Alexander_Mueller.jpg)

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## Cite this page

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