Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
1853 – 1926 · aged 73
Dutch physicist, Nobel prize winner (1853-1926)
- Born
- 21 Sept 1853 · Groningen
- Died
- 21 Feb 1926 · Leiden
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- 21 Sept 1853BornBorn in Groningen
- 1903 – 1904RoleRector magnificus of Leiden University
- 1910AwardMatteucci Medal
- 1912AwardRumford Medal
- 1913AwardNobel Prize in Physics
- 1915AwardFranklin Medal
- 1916AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 21 Feb 1926DiedDied in Leiden
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1853 – 1926).
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
Biography
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (Dutch: [ˈɦɛikə ˈkaːmərlɪŋ ˈɔnəs]; 21 September 1853 – 21 February 1926) was a Dutch experimental physicist who became the first to liquefy helium, cooling it to near 1.5 kelvin (K). For this work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1913.
In 1911, using liquid helium to investigate the electrical conductivity of solid mercury, Kamerlingh Onnes found that its electrical resistance vanishes at 4.2 K, i.e. superconductivity.
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