Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was a Dutch experimental physicist who became the first to liquefy helium, cooling it to near 1.5 kelvin (K). For this work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1913.

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Who was born first?

• Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and Wilhelm Ostwald were born the same year
• Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and Elihu Thomson were born the same year
• Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and Nikolai Kibalchich were born the same year
• Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and William Gillette were born the same year
• Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was born 1 year before Charles Algernon Parsons

Timeline

1. Elihu ThomsonMarch 29, 1853 – March 13, 1937
2. Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (this page)September 21, 1853 – February 21, 1926
3. Nikolai KibalchichOctober 19, 1853 – April 3, 1881
4. Wilhelm OstwaldSeptember 2, 1853 – April 4, 1932
5. William GilletteJuly 24, 1853 – April 29, 1937
6. Charles Algernon ParsonsJune 13, 1854 – February 11, 1931

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