John H. Van Vleck

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:University_of_Wisconsin–Madison
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Rumford_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1899-03-13
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Middletown,_Connecticut,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1980-10-27
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Edwin_Kemble
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Frederick_Seitz
gptkb:Philip_Warren_Anderson
gptkbp:educatedAt gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:University_of_Wisconsin–Madison
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:father gptkb:Edward_Burr_Van_Vleck
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:mathematics
magnetism
physics
quantum mechanics
spectroscopy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John H. Van Vleck
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Van_Vleck_paramagnetism
crystal field theory
quantum mechanical theory of magnetism
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation for their fundamental theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:Philip_Warren_Anderson
gptkb:Sir_Nevill_Francis_Mott
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1977
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:signature John H. Van Vleck signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Abigail_Pearson
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Irving_Langmuir
gptkb:MIT
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3