# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willem-hendrik-keesom
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:38:34.745Z

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name: "Willem Hendrik Keesom"
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description: "Willem Hendrik Keesom was a Dutch physicist who, in 1926, invented a method to freeze liquid helium.\nHe also developed the first mathematical description of dipole–dipole interactions in 1921. Thus, dipole–dipole interactions are also known as Keesom interactions.\nHe was previously a student of Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, who had discovered superconductivity."
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birthDate: "1876-06-21"
deathDate: "1956-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump