| Johannes Diderik van der Waals  Born: 23-Nov-1837
Birthplace: Leiden, Netherlands
Died: 9-Mar-1923
Location of death: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Nieuwe Oosterbegraafplaats, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist Nationality: Netherlands
Executive summary: Investigated states of matter Father: Jacobus van der Waals
Mother: Elisabeth van den Burg
Wife: Anna Magdalena Smit (b. 1847, m. 27-Sep-1865, d. 28-Dec-1881, tuberculosis)
Daughter: Anne Madeleine
Daughter: Jacqueline Elisabeth (teacher, b. Jun-1868, d. 29-Apr-1922, cancer)
Daughter: Johanna Diderica (teacher)
Son: Johannes Diderik, Jr. (Professor of Physics)
University: University of Leiden (studied 1862-65)
Professor: Physics, University of Amsterdam (1876-)
Accademia dei Lincei Foreign Member
American Philosophical Society
National Academy of Sciences Foreign Member
Nobel Prize for Physics 1910
Risk Factors: Smoking
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