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Peter Debye

Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist (1884–1966)

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Peter Joseph William Debye was a Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist, and Nobel laureate in Chemistry.

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Maastricht wd
Died
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Place of death
Ithaca wd
Citizenship
Kingdom of the Netherlands, United States wd
Occupation
chemist, physicist, theoretical physicist, scientist, engineer, crystallographer wd
Education
RWTH Aachen University, LMU Munich, ETH Zurich wd
Spouse
Mathilde Alberer wd

Awards wd

  • Faraday Lectureship Prize (1933)
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1936)
  • Max Planck Medal (1950)
  • Willard Gibbs Award (1949)
  • Franklin Medal (1937)
  • Rumford Medal (1930)
  • Priestley Medal (1963)
  • Lorentz Medal (1935)
  • National Medal of Science (1965)
  • Mendel Medal (1940)
  • Commander of the Order of Leopold II (1956)
  • Order of the Netherlands Lion
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society
  • Guthrie Lecture (1930)
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1933)

Questions

When was Peter Debye born?
Peter Debye was born on 24 March 1884 in Maastricht.
Where did Peter Debye study?
Peter Debye was educated at RWTH Aachen University, LMU Munich, ETH Zurich.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Peter Debye · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q103835 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Debye100.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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