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Authorised form of nameCasimir; Hendrik Brugt Gerhard (1909 - 2000)
Dates1909 - 2000
NationalityDutch
Place of birthThe Hague, Netherlands
Date of birth15/07/1909
Place of deathHeeze, The Netherlands
Date of death04/05/2000
Research fieldTheoretical physics
ActivityEducation:
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)
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election23/04/1970
Age at election60
RSActivityLectures:
Philips 1987
RelationshipsMarried (1932) Josina Jonker; one son, four daughters
SourceSources:
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
CodeNA3320
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1970/33Casimir, Hendrik Brugt Gerhard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
HWT/20/53Correspondence and papers regarding income tax under RSEP, visits under European Science Exchange Programme, meeting with Professors Aigrain and Casimir and regarding exchanges with FranceNovember - December 1969
HWT/20/51Correspondence 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 CasimirOctober 1969
IM/002178Casimir, Hendrick Brught Gerhardnd
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