| Arnold Sommerfeld  AKA Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld
Born: 5-Dec-1868
Birthplace: Königsberg, East Prussia
Died: 26-Apr-1951
Location of death: Munich, Germany
Cause of death: Accident - Automobile
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist Nationality: Germany
Executive summary: Fine-structure constant Military service: Prussian Army (1892-93 in Königsberg, one year) Father: Franz Sommerfeld
Mother: Cäcile Matthias
Wife: Johanna Höpfner (three sons, one daughter)
High School: Altstädtisches Gymnasium, Königsberg (1875-86)
University: PhD, University of Königsberg (1891)
Scholar: University of Göttingen (1896-97)
Professor: Mining Academy, Clausthal (1897-)
Professor: Technical Engineering, University of Aachen (1900-)
Professor: Theoretical Physics, University of Munich (1906-31)
Matteucci Medal 1924
Max Planck Medal 1931
Lorentz Medal 1939
Oersted Medal 1949
Royal Society
National Academy of Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
Accademia dei Lincei
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