Petrus (Peter) Josephus Wilhelmus Debye

Petrus (Peter) Josephus Wilhelmus Debye, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1884-03-24 in Maastricht, the Netherlands

Gender: male

Field: Dutch-American physical chemist (1884–1966)

Biography

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

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1936

Awarded on: 1936-11-12

"for his contributions to our knowledge of molecular structure through his investigations on dipole moments and on the diffraction of X-rays and electrons in gases"

Affiliations:

  • Berlin UniversityBerlin, Germany
  • Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck-Institut) für PhysikBerlin, Germany