Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

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Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was a Dutch physicist renowned for his pioneering work in low-temperature physics, including the liquefaction of helium and the discovery of superconductivity.

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instanceOf Dutch person
experimental physicist
human
physicist
awardReceived Franklin Medal
Honorary doctorate from University of Cambridge
Matteucci Medal
Nobel Prize in Physics
Rumford Medal
burialPlace Leiden NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath pneumonia
commemoratedBy Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory at Leiden University
crater Kamerlingh Onnes on the Moon
countryOfBirth Netherlands
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands
countryOfDeath Netherlands
dateOfBirth 1853-09-21
dateOfDeath 1926-02-21
discovered superconductivity
educatedAt Heidelberg University NERFINISHED
University of Groningen NERFINISHED
employer Leiden University NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Dutch
familyName Kamerlingh Onnes
fieldOfWork cryogenics
low-temperature physics
physics
givenName Heike
hasAcademicAdvisor Robert Bunsen
hasWork Leiden cryogenic laboratory
influenced development of cryogenics
early research on superconductivity
knownFor discovery of superconductivity
liquefaction of helium
research on properties of matter at low temperatures
memberOf Prussian Academy of Sciences
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Royal Society
name Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
nobelPrizeCategory Physics
nobelPrizeMotivation for his investigations on the properties of matter at low temperatures which led, inter alia, to the production of liquid helium
nobelPrizeYear 1913
placeOfBirth Groningen NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Leiden NERFINISHED
positionHeld director of the Leiden cryogenic laboratory
professor of experimental physics at Leiden University
sexOrGender male
significantEvent first liquefaction of helium in 1908
observation of superconductivity in mercury in 1911
workLocation Leiden NERFINISHED


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