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Key facts
- Born
- Fritz Wolfgang London , ( 1900-03-07 ) March 7, 1900, Breslau , Silesia , Germany
- Died
- March 30, 1954 (1954-03-30) (aged 54), Durham, North Carolina
- Citizenship
- German, American
- Known for
- Quantum chemistry , London dispersion forces , London equations , London moment , London penetration depth
- Awards
- Lorentz Medal (1953)
- Fields
- Theoretical physics
- Institutions
- Duke University , University of Berlin , University of Oxford , Collège de France
- Academic advisors
- Max von Laue
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fritz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Wrocław
- Place of death
- Durham
- Sibling
- Heinz London
- Occupation
- chemist
- Educated at
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Employer
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- London dispersion force
- Field of work
- theoretical physics
- Image
- London,Fritz 1928 München.jpg
- Residence
- United States
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- cause of death
- leukemia
- date of birth
- 1900-03-07
- date of death
- 1954-03-30
- Commons category
- Fritz London
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- name in native language
- Fritz London
- P8168
- Dickinson County
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- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Fritz Wolfgang London (March 7, 1900 – March 30, 1954) was a German born physicist and professor at Duke University. His fundamental contributions to the theories of chemical bonding and of intermolecular forces (London dispersion forces) are today considered classic and are discussed in standard textbooks of physical chemistry. With his brother Heinz London, he made a significant contribution to understanding electromagnetic properties of superconductors with the London equations and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on five occasions.
Biography
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