Otto Stern

Otto Stern was also the pen name of German women's rights activist Louise Otto-Peters (1819–1895).

Otto Stern
Stern, 1940s
Born	(1888-02-17)17 February 1888 Sohrau, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	17 August 1969(1969-08-17) (aged 81) Berkeley, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Breslau (PhD, 1912) University of Frankfurt (Dr. habil., 1915)
Known for	Stern–Gerlach experiment (1922)
Relatives	Lieselotte Templeton (niece)
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1943)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Rostock (1921–1923) University of Hamburg (1923–1933) Carnegie Institute of Technology (1933–1945)
Doctoral advisor	Otto Sackur

Otto Stern (German: [ˈɔto ˈʃtɛʁn] ^ⓘ; 17 February 1888 – 17 August 1969) was a German-American physicist. He is the second most nominated person for a Nobel Prize, with 82 nominations during the years 1925–1945.^[1] In 1943, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton".