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Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q38104&amp;oldid=2554687416" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nobel Prize in Physics · dated 1913
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q124131&amp;oldid=2532251454" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">superconductivity
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q156598&amp;oldid=2560833134" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Leiden University · from 1882-09-03 · to 1924-09-15
Public office: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q20968836&amp;oldid=2466706564" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">rector magnificus of Leiden University · from 1903 · to 1904
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q151510&amp;oldid=2558395542" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Heidelberg University · from 1871 · to 1873
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q285167&amp;oldid=2514028456" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rumford Medal · dated 1912

Wikidata describes Heike Kamerlingh Onnes as Dutch physicist, Nobel prize winner (1853-1926).

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