Johannes Diderik van der Waals

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J. D. van der Waals
Born 23 November 1837(1837-11-23)
Leiden, Netherlands
Died 8 March 1923 (aged 85)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Institutions University of Amsterdam
Alma mater University of Leiden
Doctoral advisor Pieter Rijke
Doctoral students Diderik Korteweg
Known for van der Waals equation
Notable awards Nobel Prize in Physics (1910)
Spouse Anna Magdalena Smit (m. 1865)

Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Sr. (23 November 1837 – 8 March 1923) was a Dutch physicist, winner of the 1910 Nobel Prize in Physics.[1]

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  1. Waals [sr.], Johannes Diderik van der. In Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland; Huygens Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis, <http://www.inghist.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/BWN/lemmata/bwn1/waalssr>.

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