James Dewar

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James Dewar was a Scottish chemist and physicist best known for inventing the vacuum flask and pioneering research in low-temperature physics and liquefied gases.

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instanceOf Scottish person
chemist
human
physicist
awardReceived Albert Medal NERFINISHED
Davy Medal NERFINISHED
Lavoisier Medal NERFINISHED
Rumford Medal NERFINISHED
birthDate 1842-09-20
birthPlace Kincardine-on-Forth NERFINISHED
Perthshire NERFINISHED
Scotland
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1923-03-27
educatedAt University of Edinburgh
employer Royal Institution NERFINISHED
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
era 19th century
early 20th century
familyName Dewar NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork chemistry
low-temperature physics
physics
gender male
givenName James
hasAcademicAdvisor Lyon Playfair NERFINISHED
influenced development of cryogenics
low-temperature experimental techniques
knownFor invention of the vacuum flask
liquefaction of hydrogen
research on liquefied gases
work on cryogenics
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Royal Society
name James Dewar NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
notableInvention Dewar flask NERFINISHED
vacuum flask
positionHeld Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution NERFINISHED
Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
studied liquefaction of air
liquefaction of hydrogen
specific heats of gases at low temperatures
spectroscopy
workLocation Cambridge NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London

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