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Gilles Holst

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Dutch physicist (1886-1968)

ScientistsLived 1886 to 1968 · aged 82
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Gilles Holst was a Dutch physicist, known worldwide for his invention of the low-pressure sodium lamp in 1932.

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Gilles Holst (left), P. Teding van Berkhout and Balthasar van der Pol in 1925Gilles Holst (left), P. Teding van Berkhout and Balthasar van der Pol in 1925

Scientists born in the 1880s 6

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Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1886 to 1968 · aged 82
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9 languages

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