Paul Drude

Paul Drude
Paul Karl Ludwig Drude
Born	(1863-07-12)12 July 1863 Braunschweig, Duchy of Brunswick
Died	5 July 1906(1906-07-05) (aged 42) Berlin, Province of Brandenburg
Alma mater	University of Göttingen
Known for	The Drude model Ellipsometry
Scientific career
Fields	Physicist
Institutions	University of Leipzig Humboldt University of Berlin University of Giessen
Doctoral advisor	Woldemar Voigt

Paul Karl Ludwig Drude (German: [ˈdʁuːdə]; 12 July 1863 – 5 July 1906) was a German physicist specializing in optics. He wrote a fundamental textbook integrating optics with James Clerk Maxwell's theories of electromagnetism.