Théophile de Donder
Théophile Ernest De Donder was a Belgian mathematician, physicist and chemist famous for his work in developing correlations between the Newtonian concept of chemical affinity and the Gibbsian concept of free energy.
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Background
- Born in
- Brussels metropolitan area
- Educated at
- Université libre de BruxellesFree University of Brussels
- Awards
- 🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse🏆 doctor honoris causa from the University of Nancy
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Henri Poincaré
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Ilya Prigogine📖 Léon van Hove📖 Jules Géhéniau📖 Théophile Lepage
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1872
Born
Birth1957
Died
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