Fritz London

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German emigrant to the United States chemist person theoretical physicist

Fritz London was a German-born theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work on superconductivity and quantum chemistry, including foundational contributions to the understanding of intermolecular forces.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German emigrant to the United States → chemist → person → theoretical physicist →
academicAdvisor	Max Born →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
citizenship	France → Germany → United States of America →
coAuthor	Heinz London → Walter Heitler →
countryOfBirth	German Empire →
dateOfBirth	1900-03-07 →
dateOfDeath	1954-03-30 →
educatedAt	Universität Bonn NERFINISHED → Universität Frankfurt am Main NERFINISHED →
era	20th-century physics →
familyName	London →
fieldOfWork	intermolecular forces → quantum chemistry → superconductivity → theoretical physics →
givenName	Fritz →
hasAward	Fritz London Memorial Prize (named in his honor) →
honouredBy	Fritz London Memorial Prize →
language	English → French → German →
movement	quantum mechanics →
notableFor	London dispersion forces → London equations of superconductivity → foundational work in quantum chemistry → pioneering work on superconductivity → theoretical explanation of intermolecular forces →
notableWork	Heitler–London theory of the chemical bond → London equations describing superconductivity → theory of London dispersion forces →
placeOfBirth	Breslau, German Empire →
placeOfDeath	Durham, North Carolina, United States →
positionHeld	Professor of Theoretical Physics at Duke University →
religion	Judaism →
sibling	Heinz London →
spouse	Edith London →
workedAt	Duke University → Universität Berlin NERFINISHED → Universität Stuttgart → Université de Paris NERFINISHED → Université de Strasbourg NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
London equations → London penetration depth →	namedAfter
Heinz London →	collaboratedWith
London equations →	formulatedBy
Heinz London →	hasRelative
Heinz London →	sibling