Biography of Peter Debye

Peter Debye (* 24. March 1884 in Maastricht; † 2. November 1966 in Ithaca) was a niederländischer Physiker und Chemiker, Chemienobelpreisträger. He was 82 years old. He was married to Mathilde Alberer. His education included RWTH Aachen University, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and ETH Zurich. He worked at Leipzig University, University of Göttingen, University of Zurich, Cornell University, Utrecht University, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, ETH Zurich and Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics. He received 10 awards, including Faraday Lectureship Prize, Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His cause of death was myocardial infarction. He was buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery.