Person Casimir; Hendrik Brugt Gerhard (1909 - 2000) Casimir Hendrik Brugt Gerhard 1909 - 2000 Dutch Male The Hague, Netherlands 15/07/1909 19090715 Heeze, The Netherlands 04/05/2000 20000504

Theoretical physics 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) Married (1932) Josina Jonker; one son, four daughters Lectures: Philips 1987 Foreign Member 23/04/1970 60 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 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 15 Jul 1909 - 4 May 2000 NA3320 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 8781346d-7fd8-4950-a5f3-a5ac6caec652