Physicist
Arnold Sommerfeld was a German mathematician and physicist born on December 5, 1868, in Königsberg . He was educated at the University of Königsberg . Sommerfeld passed away on April 6, 1951, in Munich .
As an accomplished academic, Sommerfeld trained numerous doctoral students who went on to have distinguished careers in their respective fields. Some notable doctoral students of Arnold Sommerfeld include Werner Heisenberg , Peter Debye , Otto Laporte , Paul Peter Ewald , Wolfgang Pauli , Hans Bethe , Gregor Wentzel , and Demetrius Hondros .