| Authorised form of name | Debye; Peter Joseph Wilhelm (1884 - 1966) |
| Other forms of name | Peter Joseph William |
| Other forms of surname | Debye |
| Dates | 1884 - 1966 |
| Place of birth | Maastricht, Netherlands |
| Date of birth | 24 March 1884 |
| Place of death | Ithaca, New York, USA |
| Date of death | 02/11/1966 |
| Research field | Physical chemistry |
| Activity | Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1936 |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 25/05/1933 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Rumford Medal 1930 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1970 vol 16 pp 175-232, plate, by Mansel Davies
References:
B Bleaney and O V Lounasmaa, 'Nuclear orientation and nuclear cooling experiments in Oxford and Helsinki. Part 1. Progress before 1940' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 317 - 322
D Blow and S Wallwork, 'Prehistory of the British Crystallographic Association' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 177-186 |
| Royal Society code | NA744 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1933/20 | Debye, Peter Joseph Wilhelm: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/001107 | Debye, Peter Joseph Wilhelm | circa 1959 |
| IM/001108 | Debye, Peter Joseph Wilhelm | circa 1959 |
| NLB/73/51 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Charles Thomson Rees] Wilson, FRS | 7 November 1930 |
| NLB/73/7 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Charles Thomson Rees] Wilson, FRS | 8 October 1930 |