| Authorised form of name | Casimir; Hendrik Brugt Gerhard (1909 - 2000) |
| Dates | 1909 - 2000 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Place of birth | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Date of birth | 15/07/1909 |
| Place of death | Heeze, The Netherlands |
| Date of death | 04/05/2000 |
| Research field | Theoretical physics |
| Activity | Education:
School, The Hague; PhD (1931, Leyden University)
Career:
Assistant to Wolfgang Pauli, Zurich (1932-1933); Senior assistant, and Curator, Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory (1936); Extraordinarius Professor of Physics, Leyden (1939-1942); worked in Philips Company research laboratory, Eindhoven (1942); Co-director, Philips Research Laboratories (1946-1972); Member of the Board of Directors with responsibility for research, Philips (1956-1972); his 80th birthday was celebrated with a symposium in Eindhoven (1989)
Memberships:
European Physical Society (President 1972-1975)
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 23/04/1970 |
| Age at election | 60 |
| RSActivity | Lectures:
Philips 1987 |
| Relationships | Married (1932) Josina Jonker; one son, four daughters |
| Source | Sources:
Independent (obituary) 26 May 2000
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2004 vol 50 pp 39-45, plate, by C M Hargreaves |
| Code | NA3320 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1970/33 | Casimir, Hendrik Brugt Gerhard: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| HWT/20/53 | Correspondence and papers regarding income tax under RSEP, visits under European Science Exchange Programme, meeting with Professors Aigrain and Casimir and regarding exchanges with France | November - December 1969 |
| HWT/20/51 | Correspondence and papers regarding Council for Scientific Policy working group on scientific interchange, income tax under RSEP and meeting of Officers and others with Pierre Aigrain and H B G Casimir | October 1969 |
| IM/002178 | Casimir, Hendrick Brught Gerhard | nd |