John Hasbrouck Van Vleck

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist and mathematician. He was co-awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977, for his contributions to the understanding of the behavior of electronic magnetism in solids.

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Lifespan
1899 – 1980
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Career Journey

Background

Born in
Middletown
Educated at
Harvard UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison Central High School
Awards
🏆 Guggenheim Fellowship🏆 Elliott Cresson Medal🏆 Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award🏆 Foreign Member of the Royal Society🏆 Fellow of the American Physical Society
Doctoral Advisors
🎓 Edwin C. Kemble
Doctoral Students
📖 Thomas Kuhn

Timeline

  • 1899

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    Birth
  • 1980

    Died

    Death

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