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Louis de Broglie: A Prize Winning Scientist By Alex Huntand Jack White

Louis de Broglie was born on August 15, 1892 to Victor, Duc de Broglie and Pauline d’Armaill é in Dieppe. He studied at the Lycée Janson of Sailly, where he got his diploma in 1909. After graduating, he persued literature and received his history degree in 1910. However, his interests in science proved stronger and he received his science degree in 1913. In 1914, he was conscripted to the army and stationed at the Eiffel Tower until 1918. While off-duty, he spent most of his time studying technical problems. After the war, he once again devoted his time to the study of general physics, but specialized in quanta problems. In 1924, after six years of work, he received his doctor’s degree after he proposed the thesis //Researches on Quantum Theory//, which is the basis of what is now known as wave mechanics. Three years later, it was confirmed by the discovery of electron diffraction from crystals by Davisson and Germer. In 1929, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for “his discovery of the wave nature of electrons". Around that time, he was hired to teach theoretical physics at Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris after giving lectures for two years without pay. From 1930-1950, he devoted his time to further studying wave mechanics. From 1951 onward, he spent his time continuing a failed attempt in 1927 to explain modern sciences to the common man. When his brother Mourice died in 1960 without an heir, the title of Duc de Broglie was given to him. He died on March 19 of 1987 at 94 years old. He was never married, nor had children, and passed his title of duke to Victor-François, a distant cousin.    Awards earned by Louis de Broglie:      Sources:
 * Nobel Prize (1929)
 * Albert I of Monaco prize (1932)
 * Max Planck medal (1938)
 * Fellow, Académie française (1944)
 * Kalinga prize (1952)
 * Fellow, Royal Society (1953)
 * http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Louis,_7th_duc_de_Broglie#encyclopedia
 * [|//Nobel Lectures//]//, Physics 1922-1941//, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1965