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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectHeike Kamerlingh Onnes
Dates
September 21, 1853 – February 21, 1926
Authorized Form of Name
Kamerlingh Onnes, Heike, 1853-1926
Additional Forms of Names
Onnes, Heike Kamerlingh, 1853-1926
Biography
Abstract
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was a physicist at Leiden University, specializing in superconductivity. He was awarded the 1913 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his investigations on the properties of matter at low temperatures which led, inter alia, to the production of liquid helium."
Important Dates
September 21, 1853Birth, Groningen (Netherlands).
1871Obtained BSc in Physics, University of Groningen (Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen), Groningen (Netherlands).
1873Obtained Masters degree in Physics, University of Groningen (Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen), Groningen (Netherlands).
1878Assistant, Delft University of Technology (Technische Hogeschool Delft), Delft (Netherlands).
1879Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Groningen (Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen), Groningen (Netherlands).
1882 – 1923Professor of Experimental Physics and Meteorology, University of Leiden (Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden), Leiden (Netherlands).
1883Member, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen.
1910Awarded Matteucci Medal.
1912Awarded Rumford Medal, Royal Society.
1913Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics "for his investigations on the properties of matter at low temperatures which led, inter alia, to the production of liquid helium".
1915Awarded Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute.
February 21, 1926Death, Leiden (Netherlands).
Occupation
Superconductivity.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Bemmelen, W. van (Willem), 1868-
Advised by Kamerlingh Onnes at Leiden University (Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden).
Everdingen, E. van (Ewoud), 1873-
Advised by Kamerlingh Onnes at Leiden University (Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden).
Haas, Wander Johannes de, 1878-1957
Advised by Kamerlingh Onnes at Leiden University (Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden).
Hasenohrl, Friedrich
Advised by Kamerlingh Onnes at Leiden University (Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden).
Holst, Gilles
Advised by Kamerlingh Onnes at Leiden University (Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden).
Kirchhoff, G. (Gustav), 1824-1887
Research advisor at Universität Heidelberg.
Sissingh, Remmelt, 1858-1927
Advised by Kamerlingh Onnes at Leiden University (Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden).
Sizoo, Gerardus Johnnes
Advised by Kamerlingh Onnes at Leiden University (Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden).
Advised by Kamerlingh Onnes at Leiden University (Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden).
Additional
Burgers, J. M. (Johannes Martinus), 1895-1981
Burgess, J. M., 1948-
Claude, Georges
Debye, Peter J. W. (Peter Josef William), 1884-1966
Delft, Dirk van
Fokker, A. D. (Adriaan Daniël), 1887-1972
Gavroglou, Kōstas
Goudaroulis, Yorgos
Gray, Arthur Wellington, 1875-1957
Josephson, B. D. (Brian David), 1940-
Keesom, W. H. (Willem Hendrik), b. 1876.
Koehler, James S. (James Stark), 1914-2006
Lorentz, H. A. (Hendrik Antoon), 1853-1928
Lorentz, H. A. (Hendrik Antoon), 1853-1928
Natanson, Wladyslaw, 1864-1937
Sommerfeld, Arnold, 1868-1951
Voigt, Woldemar
Waals, J. D. van der (Johannes Diderik), 1837-1923
Institutions
Major Positions
Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden
Professor of Experimental Physics and Meteorology.
Technische Hogeschool Delft
Assistant.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Awarded 1915 Franklin Medal.
Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen
Member.
Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen
Obtained BSc in Physics (1871), Masters degree in Physics (1873), and PhD in Physics (1879).
Royal Society (Great Britain)
Awarded 1912 Rumford Medal.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes letters to Hendrik A. Lorentz, 1906-1931.
Algemeen Rijksarchief
The Hague, Netherlands
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes letters to Johannes Diderik van der Waals, 1890-1921.
In private hands
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes letters to Woldemar Voigt, 1899-1918.
Deutsches Museum
Museumsinsel 1, 80306 Munich, Germany
Onnes Kamerlingh papers, 1870-1936.
Rijksmumsum voor de Geschiedenis van de Natuurwetenschappen en van de Geneeskunde 'Museum Boerhaave'
Steenstraat IA, 2313 BS Leiden, Netherlands
Subject
Albert Einstein correspondence with H. A. Lorentz and Heike Kamerlingh-Onnes [microform], 1901-1926.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Archive for the History of Quantum Physics, 1898-1950 (bulk).
Library
American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Arnold Sommerfeld papers [microform], 1896-1950.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Arthur Gray correspondence, lecture notes and memorabilia, 1908-1928.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Georges Claude papers.
In private hands
contact: Robert Boizard 33, avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris, France
H. A. Lorentz papers, 1888-1928.
Algemeen Rijksarchief
The Hague, Netherlands
J. M. Burgess papers.
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology
Delft University of Technology.
Rotterdamsweg 145, 2628 AL Delft, Netherlands
Oral history interview with Adriaan Daniël Fokker, 1963 April 1.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with James Stark Koehler,1981 March 6.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Johannes Martinus Burgers, 1962 June 9.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Nicolaas Bloembergen, 1983 June 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Peter J. W. Debye, 1965 December 22 to 16 June 1966.
Carl A. Kroch Library. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University
2B Carl A Kroch Library, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Pieter Zeeman papers, 1877-1946.
Rijksarchief in Noord-Holland
Kleine Houtweg 18, Haarlem, Netherlands
Wladyslaw Natanson correspondence, 1884-1937.
Dept. of Manuscripts
Biblioteka Jagiellonska.
A. Mickiewicza 22, 30-059 Cracow
Woldemar Voigt letters from Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, 1899-1918.
Deutsches Museum
Museumsinsel 1, 80306 Munich, Germany
Published Resources
Author
Die Zustandsgleichung, von H. Kamerlingh Onnes und W. H. Keesom.
Subject
Freezing physics: Hieke Kamerlingh Onnes and the quest for cold/ Dirk van Delft.
H. Kamerlingh Onnes, 1853-1926 / by F.A. Freeth.
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Nobel Prize biography.
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes: een biografie: de man van het absolute nulpunt/ Dirk van Delft.