Heinz London

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Heinz London was a German-born British physicist best known for his pioneering work on superconductivity, including the development of the London theory with his brother Fritz London.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf person
physicist
theoretical physicist
awardReceived Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
surface form: Fellow of the Royal Society
causeOfDeath heart attack
collaboratedWith Fritz London
countryOfBirth German Empire
countryOfCitizenship Germany
United Kingdom
countryOfDeath United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1907-11-07
dateOfDeath 1970-08-06
describedBySource scientific literature on superconductivity
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: University of Berlin

University of Bonn
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
surface form: University of Munich

University of Oxford
employedBy Clarendon Laboratory
University of Oxford
surface form: Oxford University

University of Bristol
University of Oxford
ethnicGroup Jews
surface form: Jewish people
fieldOfWork physics
superconductivity
theoretical physics
gender male
hasAcademicAdvisor Fritz Haber
Max Born
hasRelative Fritz London
influenced the development of BCS theory of superconductivity
languageOfWorkOrName English
German
memberOf Royal Society
movement emigrated from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom
notableAchievement co-formulation of London equations describing electromagnetic properties of superconductors
contributions to understanding of Meissner effect
pioneering theoretical work on superconductivity
notableStudent John Bardeen
notableWork London theory of superconductivity
theoretical analysis of superconducting currents
occupation researcher
university teacher
placeOfBirth Bonn
placeOfDeath Oxford
sibling Fritz London
workLocation Bristol
Oxford

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London equations formulatedBy Heinz London
London equations namedAfter Heinz London
London penetration depth namedAfter Heinz London
Fritz London sibling Heinz London
Fritz London coAuthor Heinz London
Fritz sibling Heinz London
subject surface form: Fritz London