Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (1900-1958). Born in Vienna,
Austria. Studied at the University of Munich with
A. Sommerfeld who recognised his great gifts. Received his
doctorate in 1921 for a thesis on the quantum theory of ionised
molecular hydrogen. From October 1921 assistant of Max Born in
Göttingen. After a year with Bohr, Pauli, became a lecturer at the
University of Hamburg in 1923. In 1928 he was appointed professor
of theoretical physics at the Federal Institute of Technology in
Zürich. From 1945-1950 guest professor at the Institute for
Advanced Study, Princeton. He then returned to Zürich. Did
important work in quantum mechanics, quantum field theory and
elementary particle theory (fourth quantum number (spin), Pauli
exclusion principle, prediction of neutrino). Fellow of the Royal
Society. Nobel Prize winner in 1954.