Physical chemist (molecular structure, quantum theory, magnetism, polymers). On the physics faculty at Georg-August Universität zu Göttingen, 1913-1920; on the staff at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, 1910-1927; on the faculty at Universität Leipzig, 1927-1934; director, Kaiser-Wilhelm Institut für Physik, 1935-1939; and professor and chair of the chemistry department, Cornell University from 1940. Died 1966.
Chemist; professor of chemistry, Cornell University; Nobel Laureate in chemistry.
Physical chemist. Died 1966.
Debye (1884-1966) physical chemist (molecular structure, quantum theory, magnetism, polymers). 1911 Associate professor for Theoretical Physics, Electrotechnical College Zürich, 1912 Professor of Theoretical Physics Utrecht, 1914 Professor Theoretical, later Practical Physics, Göttingen, 1920 Professor of Physics, Electrotechnical College Zurich, 1927 Professor of Experimental Physics, Leipzig; 1934 Professor of Physics, Berlin; 1935-1945 (after end of 1939 on leave); Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics; 1940-1950 Professor at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1936 for "his contributions to our understanding of molecular structures through his research on dipolar momentum, and his research on the bending of x-rays and research on electrons in gases.
Physicist.