Otto Stern

Otto Stern was also the pen name of German women's rights activist Louise Otto-Peters (1819–1895).

Otto Stern
Stern in 1950s
Born	(1888-02-17)17 February 1888 Sohrau, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (today Żory, Poland)
Died	17 August 1969(1969-08-17) (aged 81) Berkeley, California, United States
Nationality	Germany, United States
Alma mater	University of Breslau University of Frankfurt
Known for	Stern–Gerlach experiment Stern model Spin quantization Molecular beam Stern–Volmer relationship
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1943)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Rostock University of Hamburg Carnegie Institute of Technology University of California, Berkeley ETH Zurich
Doctoral advisor	Otto Sackur

Otto Stern (German pronunciation: [ˈɔto ˈʃtɛʁn] ^ⓘ; 17 February 1888 – 17 August 1969) was a German-American physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. He was the second most nominated physicist for a Nobel Prize, with 82 nominations in the years 1925–1945^[1] (most times nominated is Arnold Sommerfeld with 84 nominations), ultimately winning in 1943.