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John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist and mathematician who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977 for his contributions to the understanding of the behavior of electronic magnetism in solids. He shared the Prize with Philip W. Anderson and Nevill Mott.

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Born 13 March 1899 · Died 27 October 1980 · Q193655

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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for their fundamental theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1977).
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1980· 1 entry

Oct 27, 1980Documented record86% confidence

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Died 1980-10-27.

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1977· 3 entries

Dec 10, 1977Documented record85% confidence

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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for their fundamental theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems.

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Jun 15, 1977Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1977).

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1977Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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For his contributions to the understanding of the behavior of electronic magnetism in solids

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1974· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1974Documented record84% confidence

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Won Lorentz Medal (1974).

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1971· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1971Documented record84% confidence

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Won Elliott Cresson Medal (1971).

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1971Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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The Lorentz Medal in 1974 and the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977

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1967· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1967Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1967).

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1966· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1966Documented record84% confidence

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Won National Medal of Science (1966).

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1965· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1965Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics (1965).

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1965Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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The National Medal of Science in 1966 and elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1967

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1961· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1961Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Nancy (1961).

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1960· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1960Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1960).

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1950· 3 entries

Jun 15, 1950Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award (1950).

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Jun 15, 1950Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Grenoble (1950).

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1950Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Became foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

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1934· 1 entry

1934Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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The United States National Academy of Sciences in 1935, and the American Philosophical Society in 1939

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1929· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1929Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1929).

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1927· 1 entry

1927Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

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While a professor at the University of Minnesota, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck met Abigail Pearson, a student at the university, and later married her on June 10, 1927.

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1923· 1 entry

1923Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Then moved to the University of Wisconsin before settling at Harvard

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1899· 2 entries

Mar 13, 1899Documented record86% confidence

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Born 1899-03-13.

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Mar 13, 1899Documented record70% confidence

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To mathematician Edward Burr Van Vleck and Hester L

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