Max Born ( 1882 - 1970 )

Birth: 11 December 1882 Death: 05 January 1970 Career: Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh Honours awarded: Hon Doctor of Law, Edinburgh (1957; Hon Doctor of Engineering, Stuttgart Technische Universitat (1960); Hon Doctor of Philosophy, Oslo (1961); Hon Doctor of Science, Brussels (1961); Hon Doctor of Science, Berlin Humboldt Universitat (1962); Hon Doctor of Philosophy, Frankfurt an Main, (1964); Bundesverdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (1964) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 16/03/1939 Medals/Prizes: Hughes Medal 1950; Nobel Prize (Physics) 1954.