Biography of Walther Nernst

Walther Nernst (* 25. June 1864 in Wąbrzeźno; † 18. November 1941 in Niwica) was a deutscher Physiker und Physikochemiker; erhielt den Nobelpreis für Chemie 1920. He was 77 years old. He was married to Emma Lohmeyer. His education included University of Zurich, University of Graz, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, University of Würzburg and Leipzig University. He worked at University of Göttingen, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt. He received 8 awards, including Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was buried at Göttingen City Cemetery.