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Jan Burgers
Dutch physicist (1895-1981) · Netherlands · On the map · Scientists · Died at 86
Johannes (Jan) Martinus Burgers was a Dutch physicist and the brother of the physicist Wilhelm G. Burgers. Burgers studied in Leiden under Paul Ehrenfest, where he obtained his PhD in 1918. He is known for the Burgers' equation, the Burgers vector in dislocation theory and the Burgers material in viscoelasticity.
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1981Died7 June 19811974Otto Laporte AwardAward1965ASME MedalAward1964Bingham MedalAward1960Panetti Ferrari AwardAward1959Josiah Willard Gibbs LectureshipAward1950Honorary Doctor of the University of PoitiersAward1895Born13 January 1895
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Netherlands
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Lived 1895 to 1981 · aged 86
