Wander Johannes de Haas
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Wander Johannes de Haas (March 2, 1878, Lisse—April 26, 1960, Bilthoven) was a Dutch physicist and mathematician. He is best known for the Shubnikov-De Haas effect and the de Haas-van Alphen effect.
Wander de Haas was born in Lisse, a small town near Leiden, son of Albertus de Haas, principal the Teacher's College in Middelburg, and Maria Efting. On December 22, 1910 he married Geertruida Luberta Lorentz, the eldest daughter of Hendrik Lorentz. They had two sons and two daughters.
After attending high school in Middelburg De Haas started in 1895 with a study for paralegal. After completion of two of three parts of the examinations and having worked in a lawyer's office for some time, he decided to change career and become a physicist instead. After passing the qualifications exams for admission to University he started with a study physics in 1900 at the University of Leiden under H. Kamerlingh Onnes and J.P. Kuenen. He earned his doctorate in 1912.
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External links
- Wander Johannes de Haas, 1878-1960 @ Instituut-Lorentz for theoretical physics
- Albert van Helden, Wander Johannes de Haas 1878 – 1960 In: K. van Berkel, A. van Helden and L. Palm ed., A History of Science in The Netherlands. Survey, Themes and Reference (Leiden: Brill, 1999) 454 - 456.
- J. van den Handel, Haas, Wander Johannes de (1878-1960), in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland.
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