Max von Laue

Max von Laue
Laue in 1929
Born	Max Theodor Felix Laue (1879-10-09)9 October 1879 Pfaffendorf [de], Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	24 April 1960(1960-04-24) (aged 80) West Berlin, West Germany
Alma mater	University of Berlin (PhD) University of Munich (Dr. habil., 1906)
Known for	Discovering X-ray diffraction (1912)
Spouse	Magdalene Degen ​ (m. 1910)​
Children	Theodore H. Von Laue
Awards	Matteucci Medal (1914) Nobel Prize in Physics (1914) Max Planck Medal (1932)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	See list University of Berlin (until 1909) University of Munich (1909–1912) University of Zurich (1912–1914) Königliche Universität zu Frankfurt am Main (1914–1919) Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics (from 1917) University of Berlin (1919–1943) Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society (director, 1951–1959)
Thesis	Über die Interferenzerscheinungen an planparallelen Platten (On the interference phenomena on plane-parallel plates) (1903)
Doctoral advisor	Max Planck
Other academic advisors	Arnold Sommerfeld
Doctoral students	Nikhil Ranjan Sen (1921)[1] Leo Szilard (1922) Erna Weber [de] (1925) Friedrich Möglich [de] (1927)[1] Karl-Otto Kiepenheuer (1936)[1]
Other notable students	Fritz London

Max Theodor Felix von Laue (German: [maks fɔn ˈlaʊ̯ə] ^ⓘ; 9 October 1879 – 24 April 1960) was a German physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 "for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals".^[2]

In addition to his scientific endeavors with contributions in optics, crystallography, quantum theory, superconductivity, and the theory of relativity, Laue had a number of administrative positions which advanced and guided German scientific research and development during four decades. A strong objector to Nazism, he was instrumental in re-establishing and organizing German science after World War II.