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James Dewar (1842–1923) was a British physicist, chemist, and inventor. Born in Kincardine, he was educated at Dollar Academy and the University of Edinburgh, where his doctoral advisor was Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair. He served as an employer at the University of Cambridge. Dewar was a member of the Royal Society, the National Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Sciences of Turin, and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
He received the Copley Medal, the Rumford Medal, and the Matteucci Medal, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Dewar was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His work focused on physics and chemistry. He died in London and is buried at Golders Green Crematorium.
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Person · Open Library
- Died
- 1788
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Colleced Papers on Spectroscopy
- Colonization of the County of Beauharnois [microform] : On the South Bank of the St. Lawrence, near the City of Montreal, and the Junction of Lower and Upper Canada with the State of New York
- On the physiological action of light
- Memorial for James Dewar of Vogrie, Esq
- The unlocked secret
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 225
- Total plays
- 1,984
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James Dewar (12 October 1942, in Glasgow – 16 May 2002 in Glasgow) was a Scottish bassist and vocalist for Robin Trower and Stone The Crows, the latter having its beginnings as the resident band at the legendary Burns Howff in Glasgow. Dewar's career began with Lulu and the Luvvers in the early 1960s. His career eventually reached its zenith with the Robin Trower Band, a British rock power trio, after the 1974 release of the album Bridge Of Sighs. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/James+Dewar"
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 85,107x
- Special points for Brillouin-zone integrations
· 1976 · cited 68,300x
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,877x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,538x
- Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.
· 1988 · cited 31,718x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Kincardine
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- inventor
- Educated at
- Dollar Academy
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair
- Field of work
- chemistry
- Image
- James Dewar.jpg
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- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Commons category
- James Dewar
- date of birth
- 1842-09-20
- date of death
- 1923-03-27
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- name in native language
- James Dewar
- place of burial
- Golders Green Crematorium
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- P8168
- packed bed
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir James Dewar (/djuːər/ DEW-ər; 20 September 1842 – 27 March 1923) was a Scottish chemist and physicist. He is best known for his invention of the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction for his research into the liquefaction of gases. He also studied atomic and molecular spectroscopy, working in these fields for more than 25 years. Dewar was nominated for the Nobel Prize 8 times — 5 times in Physics and 3 times in Chemistry — but he was never so honoured.
Early life
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