AKA Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije

Born: 24-Mar-1884
Birthplace: Maastricht, Netherlands
Died: 2-Nov-1966
Location of death: Ithaca, NY
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Ithaca, NY

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist

Nationality: Netherlands
Executive summary: Studied molecular structure, dipoles

Wife: Mathilde Alberer (one son, one daughter)
Son: Peter Paul Rupprecht (b. 1916)
Daughter: Mathilde Maria (b. 1921)

    University: BS EE, Technische Hochschule, Aachen (1905)
    University: PhD, University of Munich (1910)
    Professor: Theoretical Physics, University of Zürich (1911-12)
    Professor: University of Utrecht (1912-14)
    Professor: University of Göttingen (1914-20)
    Professor: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich (1920-27)
    Professor: University of Leipzig (1927-34)
    Professor: Physics, University of Berlin
    Professor: Cornell University (1940-50)

    Rumford Medal 1930
    Lorentz Medal 1935
    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1936
    Max Planck Medal 1950
    Priestley Medal 1963
    Pontifical Academy of Sciences
    Royal Society
    Russian Academy of Sciences
    Naturalized US Citizen 1946

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