James Jeans

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:award gptkb:Adams_Prize
gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1877-09-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Ormskirk,_Lancashire,_England
gptkbp:children one daughter
gptkbp:dateElectedFellow 1906
gptkbp:deathDate 1946-09-16
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Dorking,_Surrey,_England
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Monthly_Notices_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkbp:electedFellowOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
physics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Sir_James_Hopwood_Jeans
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James Jeans
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Arthur_Eddington
gptkb:Fred_Hoyle
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
gptkb:Lord_Rayleigh
gptkbp:knighted 1928
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Jeans_escape
gptkb:Jeans_instability
popular science writing
Jeans length
contributions to the theory of radiation
gptkbp:lecturedAt gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:physicist
astronomer
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:Physics_and_Philosophy
gptkb:Science_and_Music
gptkb:The_Dynamical_Theory_of_Gases
gptkb:The_Mysterious_Universe
gptkb:The_Universe_Around_Us
gptkbp:religion atheism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:St._Martin's_Churchyard,_Dorking
gptkbp:signature James_Jeans_signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Charlotte_Tiffany_Mitchell
gptkb:Suzanne_Hock
gptkbp:title Sir
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gptkb:Harold_Jeffreys
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