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Paul Drude
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German physicist specializing in optics
Key facts
- Born
- Paul Karl Ludwig Drude , ( 1863-07-12 ) 12 July 1863, Braunschweig , Duchy of Brunswick
- Died
- 5 July 1906 (1906-07-05) (aged 42), Berlin , German Empire
- Alma mater
- University of Göttingen ( Dr. phil. )
- Known for
- Drude model
- Spouse
- Emilie Regelsberger ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1894 )
- Fields
- Electromagnetism optics
- Institutions
- University of Leipzig (1894–1901) University of Giessen (1901–05) University of Berlin (1905–06)
- Thesis
- Über die Gesetze der Reflexion und Brechung des Lichtes an der Grenze absorbierende Kristalle (1887)
- Doctoral advisor
- Woldemar Voigt
- Notable students
- James Franck
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Duchy of Brunswick
- Place of birth
- Brunswick
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Göttingen
- Employer
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Languages spoken
- German
- Doctoral advisor
- Woldemar Voigt
- Doctoral student
- William David Coolidge
- Field of work
- electrical conductance
- Image
- Paul Drude.jpg
- Work location
- Leipzig
- Residence
- Germany
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- date of birth
- 1863-07-12
- date of death
- 1906-07-05
- manner of death
- Suicide
- birth name
- Paul Karl Ludwig Drude
- name in native language
- Paul Drude
- Commons category
- Paul Drude
- writing language
- German
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- interested in
- optics
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Encyclopedic overview
Paul Karl Ludwig Drude (/druːd/ drood; German: [ˈdʁuːdə] ; 12 July 1863 – 5 July 1906) was a German physicist specializing in optics. He is known for the Drude model.
Biography
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