Jan Burgers
(1895-1981)
Dutch physicist
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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 credited to be the father of Burgers' equation, the Burgers vector in dislocation theory and the Burgers material in viscoelasticity.
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13 January 1895 Arnhem, Netherlands
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| Died |
7 June 1981 (aged 86) Washington, United States
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| Zodiac | Capricorn |
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