Louis de Broglie
French physicist
Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7th Duc de Broglie was a French aristocrat and physicist who made groundbreaking contributions to quantum theory. In his 1924 PhD thesis, he postulated the wave nature of electrons and suggested that all matter has... Wikipedia
Born: August 15, 1892, Dieppe, France
Died: March 19, 1987 (age 94 years), Louveciennes, France
Siblings: Maurice de Broglie, 6th Duke of Broglie
Known for: Wave nature of electrons; De Broglie–Bohm theory; De Broglie waves
Parents: Pauline de La Forest d'Armaillé and Victor de Broglie
Doctoral advisor: Paul Langevin
Doctoral students: Cécile DeWitt-Morette; Bernard d'Espagnat; Jean-Pierre Vigier; Alexandru Proca; Marie-Antoinette Tonnelat