Authorised form of name | Zernike; Frits (1888 - 1966) |
Dates | 1888 - 1966 |
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Date of birth | 16 July 1888 |
Place of death | Naarden, near Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Date of death | 10/03/1966 |
Activity | Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Physics) 1953 |
Membership category | Foreign Member |
Date of election | 26/04/1956 |
RSActivity | Medals and prizes: Rumford Medal 1952 |
Source | Sources: DSB Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1967 vol 13 pp 393-402, plate, by S Tolansky |
Code | NA752 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
MM/18/146 | Letter from Frits Zernike to W Watsons and Sons | 1934 |
EC/1956/29 | Zernike, Frits: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |