Walther Nernst

Walther Nernst FRS[1]
Born	(1864-06-25)25 June 1864 Briesen, Prussia (now Wąbrzeźno, Poland)
Died	18 November 1941(1941-11-18) (aged 77) Zibelle, Gau Lower Silesia, Nazi Germany (now Niwica, Poland)
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Zurich Friedrich Wilhelm University University of Graz Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
Known for	Third Law of Thermodynamics Nernst lamp Nernst equation Nernst effect Nernst heat theorem Nernst potential Nernst–Planck equation Nernst's distribution law
Spouse	Emma Lohmeyer[2]
Awards	Pour le Mérite (1917) Nobel Prize in chemistry (1920) Franklin Medal (1928) ForMemRS (1932)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	Georg August University of Göttingen Friedrich Wilhelm University Leipzig University
Doctoral advisor	Friedrich Kohlrausch[citation needed]
Other academic advisors	Ludwig Boltzmann
Doctoral students	Sir Francis Simon Richard Abegg Irving Langmuir Leonid Andrussow Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Frederick Lindemann William Duane Margaret Eliza Maltby Arnold Eucken
Other notable students	Gilbert N. Lewis Max Bodenstein Robert von Lieben Kurt Mendelssohn Theodor Wulf Emil Bose Hermann Irving Schlesinger Claude Hudson
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Walther Hermann Nernst ForMemRS (German pronunciation: [ˈvaltɐ ˈnɛʁnst] ^ⓘ; 25 June 1864 – 18 November 1941) was a German physicist and physical chemist known for his work in thermodynamics, physical chemistry, electrochemistry, and solid-state physics. His formulation of the Nernst heat theorem helped pave the way for the third law of thermodynamics, for which he won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is also known for developing the Nernst equation in 1887.

He studied physics and mathematics at the universities of Zürich, Berlin, Graz and Würzburg, where he received his doctorate 1887.^[3] In 1889, he finished his habilitation at University of Leipzig.