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Paul Drude, German physicist and academic (died 1906)
Paul Karl Ludwig Drude was a German physicist specializing in optics. He is known for the Drude model. In 1894, Drude became professor extraordinarius at the University of Leipzig. In 1900, Drude became the editor of Annalen der Physik, the most respected physics journal at that time.
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Paul Drude was born in 1863. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
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| Measure | 1863 | 2026 |
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| Population | 32.6M | 341 million |
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