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John Hasbrouck Van Vleck

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American physicist (1899-1980)

United StatesScientistsLived 1899 to 1980 · aged 81
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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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Van Vleck (left) receives the Lorentz Medal from Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, 1974.Van Vleck (left) receives the Lorentz Medal from Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, 1974.Van Vleck's grave (back right) at Forest Hill CemeteryVan Vleck's grave (back right) at Forest Hill Cemetery

Awards 12

1977Nobel Prize in Physics
1974Lorentz Medal
1971Elliott Cresson Medal
1967Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1966National Medal of Science
1965Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics
1961doctor honoris causa from the University of Nancy
1960doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
1950Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award
1950doctor honoris causa from the University of Grenoble
1929Guggenheim Fellowship
Fellow of the American Physical Society

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Linus PaulingAlso won Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical PhysicsFelix BlochAlso won doctor honoris causa from the University of GrenobleGunnar MyrdalAlso won doctor honoris causa from the University of NancyRiccardo GiacconiAlso won Richtmyer Memorial Lecture AwardFreeman DysonAlso won Lorentz MedalAbdou DioufAlso won doctor honoris causa from the University of Nancy

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1980 · aged 81
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