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Otto Stern

German-American physicist (1888–1969)

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Otto Stern was a German–American experimental physicist. He is the second most nominated person for a Nobel Prize, with 82 nominations during the years 1925–1945. In 1943, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton."

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Born
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Died
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Place of death
Berkeley wd
Citizenship
Germany, United States wd
Occupation
physicist, chemist, university teacher wd
Education
University of Wrocław, Johanneum Breslau, Goethe University Frankfurt wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1943)
  • honorary doctor of ETH Zürich
  • honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1943)

Questions

When was Otto Stern born?
Otto Stern was born on 17 February 1888.
Where did Otto Stern study?
Otto Stern was educated at University of Wrocław, Johanneum Breslau, Goethe University Frankfurt.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Otto Stern · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q57072 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Otto Stern.jpg by Nobelprize.org (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 15 November 2026

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