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Born November 23, 1837 • Leiden • Netherlands • (Birthday in 2 days)
Died March 9, 1923 (aged 85) • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize
Subjects Of Study gas • liquid • van der Waals equation

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