Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije
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Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije, better known as Peter Debye, was a Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist renowned for his work on molecular structure and dipole moments, for which he received the 1936 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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| Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Chemistry
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human ⓘ physical chemist ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Peter Debye
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Pieter Debye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Faraday Medal
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry NERFINISHED ⓘ Rumford Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Willard Gibbs Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of the Netherlands
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1884-03-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1966-11-02 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Arnold Sommerfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
RWTH Aachen University
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University of Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Cornell University
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ETH Zurich NERFINISHED ⓘ Leipzig University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Göttingen NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Zurich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
molecular physics
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physical chemistry ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
electrochemistry
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statistical mechanics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Debye length
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Debye model of specific heat NERFINISHED ⓘ Debye relaxation NERFINISHED ⓘ Debye scattering equation NERFINISHED ⓘ Debye unit of electric dipole moment NERFINISHED ⓘ Debye–Hückel theory NERFINISHED ⓘ theory of dipole moments ⓘ work on molecular structure ⓘ |
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Philosophical Society ⓘ National Academy of Sciences (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Maastricht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Ithaca, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics
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professor at Cornell University ⓘ |
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