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Max Born

German-Jewish physicist and mathematician (1882–1970).

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Max Born was a German-Jewish physicist and mathematician. Born on 11 December 1882 in Wrocław, Born died on 5 January 1970 in Göttingen at the age of 87.

Positions held include professor. Notable works include probability amplitude and Born-Oppenheimer approximation. Born studied at University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University. Honours include Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Royal Society and Makdougall Brisbane Prize, among 11 recorded.

With a Wikipedia article in 120 languages, Max Born is No. 4,850 in the People and Position Index.

Born: 11 December 1882, Wrocław
Died: 5 January 1970, Göttingen (aged 87)
Country: German Reich
Known as: Physicist, mathematician, university teacher
Field: Science
Education: University of Göttingen, Heidelberg University
Languages: German, English
Children: 2
Wikipedia editions: 120

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Lived to 87.

11 Dec

Shares a birthday with Naguib Mahfouz and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

One of 78 people in the Index born in Wrocław, with Fritz Haber.

120

Has a Wikipedia article in 120 languages.

Computed from the Index and Wikidata.

Career

Positions held

—Professor

Connections

Max Born

FatherGustav Born
MotherMargarethe Kauffmann
SpouseHedwig Born
SiblingWolfgang Born
ChildGustav Victor Rudolf Born
ChildIrene Helen Käthe Born

Honours and works

Awards

Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh1937
Fellow of the Royal Society1939
Makdougall Brisbane Prize1942
Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize1944
Max Planck Medal1948
Honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux1948
Hughes Medal1950
Guthrie Lecture1953
Nobel Prize in Physics1954
Honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)1954
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1959