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Max von Laue

Max von LaueAKA Max Theodor Felix von Laue

Born: 9-Oct-1879
Birthplace: Pfaffendorf, Germany
Died: 23-Apr-1960
Location of death: Berlin, Germany
Cause of death: Accident - Automobile

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

Nationality: Germany
Executive summary: Diffraction of X-rays on crystals

Father: Julius von Laue (military official)
Wife: Magdalena Degen (m. 1910)

    University: University of Strassburg
    University: University of Göttingen
    University: University of Munich (one semester)
    University: PhD, University of Berlin (1903)
    University: University of Göttingen (studied 1903-04)
    Professor: Physics, University of Zürich (1912-14)
    Professor: University of Frankfurt (1914-16)
    Administrator: Director, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Berlin (1919-43)
    Administrator: Director, Max Planck Institute, Berlin (1951-)

    Nobel Prize for Physics 1914
    Matteucci Medal 1914
    Max Planck Medal 1932
    American Physical Society
    Pontifical Academy of Sciences
    Royal Society


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