# John Hasbrouck Van Vleck

_American physicist (1899–1980)_

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> John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist and mathematician who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977 for his contributions to the understanding of the behavior of electronic magnetism in solids. He shared the Prize with Philip W. Anderson and Nevill Mott.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 13 March 1899 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193655#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Middletown ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193655#P19))
- **Died:** 27 October 1980 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193655#P570))
- **Place of death:** Cambridge ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193655#P20))
- **Citizenship:** United States ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193655#P27))
- **Occupation:** mathematician; physicist; university teacher; nuclear physicist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193655#P106))
- **Education:** Harvard University; University of Wisconsin–Madison; Madison Central High School ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193655#P69))
- **Awards:** Guggenheim Fellowship; Nobel Prize in Physics; Elliott Cresson Medal; Lorentz Medal; National Medal of Science; Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award; Fellow of the American Physical Society; Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics; Foreign Member of the Royal Society; doctor honoris causa from the University of Grenoble; doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris; doctor honoris causa from the University of Nancy ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193655#P166))

## Questions

**When was John Hasbrouck Van Vleck born?**  
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was born on 13 March 1899 in Middletown.

**Where did John Hasbrouck Van Vleck study?**  
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was educated at Harvard University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison Central High School.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): John Hasbrouck Van Vleck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hasbrouck_Van_Vleck) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
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- [Image: JH van Vleck 1974.jpg by JH_van_Vleck_and_HBG_Casimir,_1974.jpg : Unknown derivative work: Materialscientist (CC BY-SA 3.0 nl)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JH_van_Vleck_1974.jpg)

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