Science · 1879–1960

Max von Laue — Age & Birthday

Born: 9 October 1879 · Died: 23 April 1960 · Age at death: 80

How old was Max von Laue when he died?

Max von Laue died aged 80. He was born on 9 October 1879 and died on 23 April 1960.

Physicist who won the Nobel Prize for discovering X-ray diffraction in crystals

Did you know?During the Second World War, his gold Nobel medal was dissolved in acid to prevent the Nazis from seizing it.

Max Theodor Felix von Laue (German:; 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." In addition to his scientific endeavors with contributions in optics, crystallography, quantum theory,…

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