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Johannes Diderik van der Waals

1837 - 1923

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Johannes Diderik van der Waals (Dutch pronunciation: [joːˈɦɑnəz ˈdidərɪk fɑn dər ˈʋaːls] ; 23 November 1837 – 8 March 1923) was a Dutch theoretical physicist and thermodynamicist famous for his pioneering work on the equation of state for gases and liquids. Van der Waals started his career as a schoolteacher. He became the first physics professor of the University of Amsterdam when in 1877 the old Athenaeum was upgraded to Municipal University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes Diderik van der Waals has received more than 467,324 page views. His biography is available in 93 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 88 in 2019). Johannes Diderik van der Waals is the 52nd most popular physicist (down from 47th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 24th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Dutch Physicist.

Johannes Diderik van der Waals was a Dutch physicist who is most famous for his work in the field of thermodynamics.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Johannes Diderik van der Waals ranks 52 out of 851. Before him are William Gilbert, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Léon Foucault, Christian Doppler, Barry Barish, and William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin. After him are Wilhelm Wien, Ernst Mach, Gabriel Lippmann, Thomas Young, Charles Édouard Guillaume, and Ludwig Boltzmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Johannes Diderik van der Waals ranks 3. Before him are Empress Elisabeth of Austria, and Alois Hitler. After him are J. P. Morgan, Grover Cleveland, Fredrik Bajer, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Mily Balakirev, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Cosima Wagner, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Marie François Sadi Carnot. Among people deceased in 1923, Johannes Diderik van der Waals ranks 5. Before him are Wilhelm Röntgen, Gustave Eiffel, Sarah Bernhardt, and Vilfredo Pareto. After him are John Venn, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Jaroslav Hašek, Constantine I of Greece, Pancho Villa, Warren G. Harding, and Joaquín Sorolla.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Johannes Diderik van der Waals ranks 25 out of 1,646. Before him are Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880), Gerard 't Hooft (1946), Pieter Zeeman (1865), M. C. Escher (1898), Willem Barentsz (1550), and Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852). After him are Juliana of the Netherlands (1909), Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165), Rutger Hauer (1944), Louis van Gaal (1951), Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853), and William I of the Netherlands (1772).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Netherlands

Among physicists born in Netherlands, Johannes Diderik van der Waals ranks 6. Before him are Christiaan Huygens (1629), Hendrik Lorentz (1853), Daniel Bernoulli (1700), Gerard 't Hooft (1946), and Pieter Zeeman (1865). After him are Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853), Peter Debye (1884), Frits Zernike (1888), Simon van der Meer (1925), Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920), and Martinus J. G. Veltman (1931).

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