Science · Technology · 1853–1926
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
Nobel Prize-winning physicist who first liquefied helium
Did you know?He was the first person to achieve the extremely low temperatures required to turn helium gas into a liquid.
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (Dutch:; 21 September 1853 – 21 February 1926) 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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- Age at death
- 72
- Years since death
- 100
- Born
- September 21, 1853 · Groningen, Netherlands
- Died
- February 21, 1926
- Nationality
- Dutch
- Known for
- Science, Technology
Family
- Father
- Harm Kamerlingh Onnes
- Mother
- Anna Gerdina Coers
- Spouse
- Maria Adriana Wilhelmina Elisabeth Bijleveld
- Child
- Albert Kamerlingh Onnes
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