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Jan Burgers

1895 - 1981

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Johannes (Jan) Martinus Burgers (January 13, 1895 – June 7, 1981) 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. Jan Burgers was one of the co-founders of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) in 1946, and was its secretary-general from 1946 until 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Burgers is the 643rd most popular physicist (up from 682nd in 2019), the 712th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 793rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Dutch Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Jan Burgers ranks 643 out of 851. Before him are Isaak Kikoin, Lee Smolin, Julius Wess, Ferdinand Monoyer, Carlo Alberto Castigliano, and Harold Brown. After him are Sidney Coleman, Marcia Neugebauer, Barys Kit, Joan Feynman, César Lattes, and Charles W. Misner.

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Among people born in 1895, Jan Burgers ranks 223. Before him are Carl Westergren, Gerald Patterson, Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Louis Calhern, Henry Gunther, and Luigi Cevenini. After him are Andreo Cseh, Ben Sharpsteen, Ion Barbu, Béla Illés, André Gaboriaud, and Jack Northrop. Among people deceased in 1981, Jan Burgers ranks 180. Before him are Guy Butler, Anita Loos, Juan Trippe, Paul Hörbiger, Yury Trifonov, and Rudolf Viertl. After him are Mary Lou Williams, Francesca Woodman, Stanisław Mazur, Werner Teske, Cláudio Coutinho, and Hoagy Carmichael.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Burgers ranks 712 out of 1,646. Before him are Jan Zwartkruis (1926), Albert Kluyver (1888), Constant Nieuwenhuys (1920), Adrian Vandenberg (1954), Ernie Brandts (1956), and Marsilius of Inghen (1335). After him are Johannes de Jong (1885), Simon Tahamata (1956), Jan Jacob Rochussen (1797), Janwillem van de Wetering (1931), Cornelis Bloemaert (1603), and Sandra Roelofs (1968).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Netherlands

Among physicists born in Netherlands, Jan Burgers ranks 21. Before him are Samuel Goudsmit (1902), Hendrik Casimir (1909), Wander Johannes de Haas (1878), Willem Hendrik Keesom (1876), Balthasar van der Pol (1889), and Abraham Pais (1918). After him are Dirk Coster (1889), Antonius van den Broek (1870), and Kees Schouhamer Immink (1946).

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