Record

Authorised form of nameHoff; Jacobus Hendrik Van't (1852 - 1911)
Other forms of nameJacobus Hendrik
Other forms of surnameVan't Hoff
Dates1852 - 1911
Place of birthRotterdam, Netherlands
Date of birth30 August 1852
Place of deathStegliz, Germany
Date of death01/03/1911
Research fieldPhysical chemistry
ActivityMedals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1901
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election25/11/1897
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Davy Medal 1893
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1911-1912 vol 86 pp xxxix-xliii signed by F G D
References:
J S Rowlinson, 'Gases and liquids. How fluids unmix: discoveries by the school of Van der Waals and Kamerlingh Onnes, by J L Sengers' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 255-256
CodeNA2285
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/373/1/18Letter from Jacobus Hendrick van 't Hoff, to [Thomas Edward] Thorpe11 October 1890
NLB/8/143Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Professor William Augustus Tilden, Fellow of the Royal Society20 July 1893
NLB/8/476Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor Jacobus Hendrik van 't Hoff, Stadtouderskade 103, Amsterdam3 November 1893
NLB/8/474Copy letter from Michael Foster, to the Honorable Sir C W Fremantle2 November 1893
NLB/17/289Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor Jacobus Hendrik Van't Hoff, [Fellow of the Royal Society]3 October 1898
PP/17/21Paper, 'Some suggestions regarding solutions' by William Ramsay1891
RR/15/402Letter from Meyer Wilderman, on his paper 'Chemical dynamics and statics in light' to Joseph Larmor5 April 1902
EC/1897/26Hoff, Jacobus Hendrik Van't: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/17Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1897-1899
Add to My Items

    Collection highlights

    Browse the records of some of our collections, which cover all branches of science and date from the 12th century onwards. These include the published works of Fellows of the Royal Society, personal papers of eminent scientists, letters and manuscripts sent to the Society or presented at meetings, and administrative records documenting the Society's activities since our foundation in 1660.

    The Royal Society

    The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of
    the world's most eminent scientists and is the
    oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
    Registered charity number 207043

    Website design ©CalmView



    CONTACT US

    + 44 207 451 2500
    (Lines open Mon-Fri, 9:00-17:00. Excludes bank holidays)

    6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG

    Email Us →

    SUBSCRIBE

    Subscribe to our newsletters to be updated with the
    latest news on innovation, events, articles and reports.

    Subscribe →

    © CalmView