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Lars Onsager

L. Onsager

American physical chemist and theoretical physicist (1903-1976).

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Occupation

Physicist
Engineer
Chemist
Theoretical Physicist
University Teacher

Member Of

Royal Society
(1975 - )
Start Time
: 1975
National Academy of Sciences
(1947 - )
Start Time
: 1947
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
(1959 - )
Start Time
: 1959
American Physical Society

Place of Death

Coral Gables

Country of Citizenship

Norway
United States
Kingdom of the Netherlands

Date of Birth

11/27/1903

Date of Death

10/5/1976

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Instance Of

Human

Employer

Brown University
( - 1933)
End Time
: 1933
ETH Zurich
(1926 - 1928)
Start Time
: 1926
End Time
: 1928
Johns Hopkins University
(1928 - )
Start Time
: 1928
Yale University
(1933 - )
Start Time
: 1933
Leiden University
University of California, San Diego
Leiden University
(11/5/1969 - )
Position Held
:
Dutch Extraordinary Professor
Part Of
:
Faculteit Der Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen
Start Time
: 11/5/1969

Given Name

Lars
Series Ordinal
:1

Educated At

Yale University
Norwegian Institute of Technology
(1920 - 1925)
Start Time
: 1920
End Time
: 1925

Award Received

11 items
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1968)
Award Rationale
: for the discovery of the reciprocal relations bearing his name, which are fundamental for the thermodynamics of irreversible processes
Award Rationale
: för upptäckten av de efter honom uppkallade reciprocitetsrelationerna, som är grundläggande för den irreversibla termodynamiken
Point in Time
: 1968
Prize Money
: 350,000 Swedish krona
Honorary Doctorate
(1954)
Point in Time
: 1954
Lorentz Medal
(1958)
Point in Time
: 1958
Willard Gibbs Award
(1962)
Point in Time
: 1962
National Medal of Science
(1968)
Point in Time
: 1968
Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship
(1964)
Point in Time
: 1964
Rumford Prize
(1953)
Point in Time
: 1953
Wilbur Cross Medal
(1972)
Point in Time
: 1972
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry
(1965)
Point in Time
: 1965
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
(4/24/1975)
Point in Time
: 4/24/1975

Place of Burial

Grove Street Cemetery

Academic Degree

Doctor of Sciences in Chemistry
Educated At
:
Yale University
Doctor in Engineering
(1960)
Educated At
:
Norwegian Institute of Technology
Point in Time
: 1960

Doctoral Advisor

Peter Debye

Place of Birth

Christiania

Residence

Oslo

Nominated For

18 items
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1952)
Point in Time
: 1952
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1953)
Point in Time
: 1953
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1954)
Point in Time
: 1954
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1956)
Point in Time
: 1956
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1957)
Point in Time
: 1957
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1958)
Point in Time
: 1958
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1961)
Point in Time
: 1961
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1963)
Point in Time
: 1963
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1964)
Point in Time
: 1964
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1965)
Point in Time
: 1965
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1955)
Point in Time
: 1955
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1956)
Point in Time
: 1956
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1957)
Point in Time
: 1957
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1958)
Point in Time
: 1958
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1960)
Point in Time
: 1960
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1962)
Point in Time
: 1962
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1964)
Point in Time
: 1964
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1965)
Point in Time
: 1965

Archives At

Manuscripts and Archives Department Yale University Library
Object Named As
:Lars Onsager papers
Inventory Number
:MS 794
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Niels Bohr Library & Archives
Object Named As
:Alvin M. Saperstein student notes on lectures by Lars Onsager and Cecil T. Lane, 1952-1953
Inventory Number
:AR 2009-916
Inventory Number
:31150
Described at URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
Object Named As
:George O. Zimmerman collection of lecture notes by Gregory Breit and Lars Onsager, circa 1960-1961
Inventory Number
:AR 2007-808
Inventory Number
:30227
Described at URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url

Child

Family Name

Field of Work

Physical Chemistry

Sex or Gender

Male

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Dutch

Described by Source

Obálky Knih
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
Page(s)
:202

Native Language

Dutch

Ethnic Group

Norwegians
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Erling Onsager
Onsager
Norwegian University of Science and Technology Library
Object Named As
:The Lars Onsager online archive
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