Paul Drude

Paul Drude
Paul Karl Ludwig Drude
Born(1863-07-12)12 July 1863
Died5 July 1906(1906-07-05) (aged 42)
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen
Known forThe Drude model
Ellipsometry
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
InstitutionsUniversity of Leipzig
Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Giessen
Doctoral advisorWoldemar Voigt

Paul Karl Ludwig Drude (German: [ˈdʁuːdə]; 12 July 1863 – 5 July 1906) was a German physicist specializing in optics. He wrote a fundamental textbook integrating optics with James Clerk Maxwell's theories of electromagnetism.