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Andreas Smits

1870 – 1948

Dutch physical chemist

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About Andreas Smits

Lived 1870 – 1948 (aged 77–78). Andreas Smits was a university teacher and chemist.

Smits in 1931 on his 25th year as professor, seated left to right E.H. Büchner, J. P. Wibaut, F.E.C. Scheffer, Mrs Smits, Andreas Smits, Ada Prins and J.M. Bijvoet. Andreas Smits (14 June 1870 – 13 November 1948) was a Dutch chemist who specialized in physical and inorganic chemistry and examined aspects of phase change and conversions between allotropic forms. He was a professor at the Delft University of Technology and University of Amsterdam.

Smits was born in Woerden and attended high school in Utrecht. He studied chemistry and received a degree from the University of Utrecht, and a doctorate from the University of Giessen (1896) with a dissertation on "Untersuchungen mit dem Mikromanometer." He then worked as a chemist in the Amsterdam Municipal Gasworks before joining the University of Amsterdam in 1901. He became a professor at the Delft University of Technology in 1906 and worked there until his retirement in 1940. He published Die Theorie der Allotropie (1921) and Die Theorie der Komplexität und der Allotropie (1938).

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Important facts

Born
1870, Woerden
Birth century
Died
1948
Education
University of Giessen
Employers
Delft University of Technology
Also known as
A. Smits

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Who was Andreas Smits?

Dutch physical chemist (1870-1948)

When was Andreas Smits born?

Andreas Smits was born in 1870 in Woerden.

When did Andreas Smits die?

Andreas Smits died in 1948.

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Andreas Smits was a university teacher and chemist.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Andreas Smits

· Wikidata: Q65589242

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