Petrus (Peter) Josephus Wilhelmus Debye

Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Petrus (Peter) Josephus Wilhelmus Debye
Full Name of the recipient	Petrus (Peter) Josephus Wilhelmus Debye
Award	Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Year of Award	1936
Share in Award	100.0%
Award Shared with
Motivation for the Award	for his contributions to our knowledge of molecular structure through his investigations on dipole moments and on the diffraction of X-rays and electrons in gases
Affiliation at the Time of Award	Berlin University, Berlin, Germany Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck-Institut) für Physik, Berlin, Germany
Place of Birth	Maastricht, Netherlands NLD
Date of Birth	24 March 1884
Age at the time of Award	51 years
Place of Death	Ithaca, NY, United States USA
Date of Death	2 November 1966

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