Burgers, Jan

Jan Burgers,
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Name	Burgers, Jan Gender: M
Birthname	Johannes Martinus Burgers
born on	13 January 1895 at 01:30 (= 01:30 AM )
Place	Arnhem, Netherlands, 51n59, 5e55
Timezone	LST m4e53 (is standard time)
Data source	Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA Collector: Gauquelin
Astrology data	22°39' 17°43 Asc. 01°58'

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Biography

Dutch physicist credited as the father of Burgers' equation, the Burgers vector in dislocation theory and the Burgers material in viscoelasticity.

He was the brother of the physicist W. G. Burgers. He studied in Leiden under Paul Ehrenfest, where he obtained his PhD in 1918.

Jan Burgers was one of the co-founders of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) in 1946, and was its secretary-general from 1946 until 1952.

In 1931 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 1955 he became foreign member.

He died on 7 June 1981, aged 86, in Washington, DC, United States.

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Events

• Death, Cause unspecified 7 June 1981 (Age 86)
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Source Notes

GraZia Bordoni's Science file quotes Gauquelin.

Categories

• Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 86)

• Vocation : Science : Physics