Jan Burgers

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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Who was born first?

• Jan Burgers and William Giauque were born the same year
• Jan Burgers and Egon Pearson were born the same year
• Jan Burgers and Artturi Ilmari Virtanen were born the same year
• Jan Burgers and Henrik Dam were born the same year
• Jan Burgers and Rudolph Minkowski were born the same year

Timeline

1. Artturi Ilmari VirtanenJanuary 15, 1895 – November 11, 1973
2. Egon PearsonAugust 11, 1895 – June 12, 1980
3. Henrik DamFebruary 21, 1895 – April 17, 1976
4. Jan Burgers (this page)January 13, 1895 – June 7, 1981
5. Rudolph MinkowskiMay 28, 1895 – January 4, 1976
6. William GiauqueMay 12, 1895 – March 28, 1982

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