Died 1926-02-21.
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Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was a Dutch experimental physicist who became the first to liquefy helium, cooling it to near 1.5 kelvin (K). For this work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1913.
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science · Dutch physicist (1853–1926) · physicist · inventor · university teacher · scientist · also Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, H. Kamerlingh Onnes, H. K. Onnes, Onnes
Born 21 September 1853 · Died 21 February 1926 · Q62891
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1926· 1 entry
1916· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1916).
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1915· 1 entry
Won Franklin Medal (1915).
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1913· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his investigations on the properties of matter at low temperatures which led, inter alia, to the production of liquid helium.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1913).
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1912· 1 entry
Won Rumford Medal (1912).
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1911· 3 entries
Kamerlingh Onnes measured the electrical conductivity of pure metals (mercury, and later tin and lead) at very low temperatures
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From Welsbach's company, which processed thorianite to produce thorium for gas mantles
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Using liquid helium to investigate the electrical conductivity of solid mercury, Kamerlingh Onnes found that its electrical resistance vanishes at 4
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1910· 1 entry
Won Matteucci Medal (1910).
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1904· 1 entry
Founded a large cryogenics laboratory, and invited other researchers to the location, which made him highly regarded in the scientific community
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1903· 1 entry
Career landmark: rector magnificus of Leiden University (1903–1904).
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1887· 1 entry
Kamerlingh Onnes married Maria Adriana Wilhelmina Elisabeth Bijleveld, with whom he had one child, named Albert
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1882· 1 entry
Was appointed Professor of Experimental Physics and Meteorology at Leiden University
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1878· 1 entry
Kamerlingh Onnes became an assistant to Johannes Bosscha, the Director of the Delft Polytechnic, for whom he substituted as a lecturer in 1881 and 1882
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1873· 1 entry
Studied at Heidelberg University (1871–1873).
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1870· 2 entries
Kamerlingh Onnes attended the University of Groningen, where he earned his B
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Studied at University of Groningen (1870).
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1860· 1 entry
His brother, Menso Kamerlingh Onnes (1860–1925), was a painter and the father of another painter, Harm Kamerlingh Onnes.
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1853· 1 entry
Born 1853-09-21.
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