(5. 12. 1868 Königsberg, now RU – 26. 4. 1951 München, DE)
German theoretical physicist
PhD Thesis “Die willkürlichen Functionen in der mathematischen Physik” Universität Königsberg 1891, Advisor Ferdinand C.L. von Lindemann
Student of Hurwitz, assistant to Felix C. Klein
Professor of physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
He served as PhD supervisor for more Nobel prize winners in physics than any other supervisor before or since.
Member, Royal Society of London
Credit, Wikipedia. Available online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Sommerfeld
The Mathematics Genealogy Project. Available online http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=31357