| Authorised form of name | Planck; Max Karl Ernst Ludwig (1858 - 1947) |
| Dates | 1858 - 1947 |
| Nationality | German |
| Place of birth | Kiel, Germany |
| Date of birth | 23 April 1858 |
| Place of death | Gottingen, Germany |
| Date of death | 04/10/1947 |
| Research field | Theoretical physics |
| Philosophy of physics |
| Activity | Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physics) 1918 |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 29/04/1926 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1929 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1948-1949 vol 6 pp 161-188, plate, by M Born
References:
S Devons, 'Rutherford and the Science of His Day' in NR 1991 vol 45 pp 221-242
G V R Born, FRS, 'The wide-ranging family history of Max Born' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 219-262 |
| Code | NA6592 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1926/07 | Planck, Max Karl Ernst Ludwig: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/72/474 | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor Max Planck, ForMemRS | 7 November 1929 |
| NLB/72/397 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederick Alexander] Lindemann, FRS | 30 September 1929 |
| NLB/72/582 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor Max Planck, ForMemRS | 7 January 1930 |
| IM/Meitner Graf/003594 | Planck, Max Karl Ernst Ludwig | 1946 |
| M/025 | Planck, Max | 1958 |