Sir James Dewar

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Albert_Medal
gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1842-09-20
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Kincardine-on-Forth,_Scotland
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Frederick_Abel
gptkb:John_A._Fleming
gptkbp:deathDate 1923-03-27
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Lyon_Playfair
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:electedFellowOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:fieldOfWork cryogenics
physical chemistry
spectroscopy
thermodynamics
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:FRS
gptkb:FRSE
Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir James Dewar
gptkbp:influenced cryogenics
low-temperature physics
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Dewar_flask
cordite (with Frederick Abel)
gptkbp:knighted 1904
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Dewar_flask
liquefaction of gases
research on low-temperature physics
work on spectroscopy
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Institution
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality Scottish
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Sir_Frederick_Soddy
gptkb:Sir_William_Ramsay
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
chemist
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Fullerian_Professor_of_Chemistry_at_the_Royal_Institution
gptkb:Jacksonian_Professor_of_Natural_Philosophy_at_the_University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Presbyterianism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Highgate_Cemetery,_London
gptkbp:signature James Dewar signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Helen_Rose_Banks
gptkbp:title Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Peterhouse,_Cambridge
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3