Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was a Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate. He exploited the Hampson–Linde cycle to investigate how materials behave when cooled to nearly absolute zero and later to liquefy helium for the first time, in 1908. He also... Wikipedia
Born: September 21, 1853, Groningen, Netherlands
Died: February 21, 1926 (age 72 years), Leiden, Netherlands
Nationality: Dutch
Education: Heidelberg University (1871–1873) and University of Groningen
Notable students: Pieter Zeeman, Jules-Émile Verschaffelt, Wander Johannes de Haas, and more
Grandchild: Heike Maarten Albert Kamerlingh Onnes
Parents: Harm Kamerlingh Onnes and Anna Gerdina Coers