John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
American physicist (1899-1980) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 81
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist and mathematician who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977 for his contributions to the understanding of the behavior of electronic magnetism in solids. He shared the Prize with Philip W. Anderson and Nevill Mott.
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1980Died27 October 19801977Nobel Prize in PhysicsAward1974Lorentz MedalAward1971Elliott Cresson MedalAward1967Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1966National Medal of ScienceAward1965Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical PhysicsAward1961Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of NancyAward1960Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of ParisAward1950Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of GrenobleAwardRichtmyer Memorial Lecture AwardAward1929Guggenheim FellowshipAward1899Born13 March 1899
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Lived 1899 to 1980 · aged 81
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Pierre-Gilles de GennesBoth received Lorentz Medal
William E. MoernerBoth received Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics
Carl WiemanBoth received Lorentz Medal
Martin KarplusBoth received Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics
Lars OnsagerBoth received Lorentz Medal
John PopleBoth received Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics