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James Dewar

Sir James Dewar

Scottish chemist and physicist (1842–1923).

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Member Of

Royal Society
(6/7/1877 - )
Start Time
: 6/7/1877
National Academy of Sciences
(1907 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
Start Time
: 1907
Academy of Sciences of Turin
(6/14/1903 - )
Start Time
: 6/14/1903

Place of Birth

Kincardine

Place of Death

London

Country of Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Date of Birth

9/20/1842

Date of Death

3/27/1923

Educated At

University of Edinburgh
Dollar Academy

Instance Of

Human

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Award Received

12 items
Fellow of the Royal Society
(1877)
Point in Time
: 1877
Copley Medal
(1916)
Award Rationale
: For his important investigations in physical chemistry, more especially his researches on the liquefaction of gases.
Point in Time
: 1916
Rumford Medal
(1894)
Point in Time
: 1894
Matteucci Medal
(1906)
Point in Time
: 1906
Lavoisier Medal
(1904)
Point in Time
: 1904
Hodgkins Medal
(1899)
Point in Time
: 1899
Albert Medal
(1908)
Award Rationale
: for his investigations into the liquefaction of gases and the properties of matter at low temperatures, investigations which have resulted in the production of the lowest temperatures yet reached, the use of vacuum vessels for thermal isolation, and the application of cooled charcoal to the separation of gaseous mixtures and to the production of high vacua
Point in Time
: 1908
Franklin Medal
(1919)
Point in Time
: 1919
Royal Society Bakerian Medal
(1901)
Point in Time
: 1901
Davy Medal
(1909)
Award Rationale
: On the ground of his researches at low temperatures
Point in Time
: 1909
Knight Bachelor
(1904)
Point in Time
: 1904
Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize

Given Name

James

Occupation

Physicist
Chemist
Inventor

Described by Source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Дьюар Джеймс
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
BEIC Digital Library
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Dewar, Sir James
Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
Page(s)
:108

Doctoral Advisor

Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair

Nominated For

Nobel Prize in Physics
(1904)
Point in Time
: 1904
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1905)
Point in Time
: 1905
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1912)
Point in Time
: 1912
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1913)
Point in Time
: 1913
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1910)
Point in Time
: 1910
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1911)
Point in Time
: 1911

Field of Work

Physics
Chemistry

Name in Native Language

James Dewar

Family Name

Dewar

Employer

University of Cambridge

Sex or Gender

Male

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Depicted By

Sir James Dewar, 1842 – 1923. Chemist
Creator
:
Alfred Edmund Dyer
Sir James Dewar, 1842 – 1923. Chemist
Creator
:
Thomas William Dewar

Place of Burial

Golders Green Crematorium

Image of Grave

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