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Hessel de Vries

Dutch physicist (1916–1959)
Person human Q1179675

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
November 15, 1916
Date of death
December 23, 1959
Place of birth
Aa en Hunze
Place of death
Groningen, Groningen[3][7]
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of the Netherlands[8]
Occupation
physicist, university teacher
Employer
University of Groningen[9]
Educated at
University of Groningen[10]
Doctoral advisor
Dirk Coster[11]
Family name
Vries[15]
Given name
Hessel[16]
Manner of death
suicide[17]
Member of
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences[13]
P14611
240663[18]
Student
Jan Willem Kuiper[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Hessel de Vries ar هيسيل دي فريس fa هسل د وریس ja ヘッセル・デ・フリース nl H. de Vries zh 黑塞尔·德弗里斯
🔖 Identifiers · 19
ISNI
0000000010500253
VIAF cluster ID
67250828
GND ID
11774994X
Academic Tree ID
76535
Archaeology Data Service person ID
37679
Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID
06908858
Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland: 1880-2000 ID
bwn5/vriesh
Catalogus Professorum Academiae Groninganae ID
1809
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
11774994X
Freebase ID
/m/0fc2t3
IdRef ID
189283599
KNAW past member ID
PE00003667
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Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
11774994X
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
110902
NUKAT ID
n2019203313
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073487937
Parsifal cluster ID
403118
Prabook ID
2349484
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJcGgXHP397RvbfWQHbDbd

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 2
physicist, university teacher
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Doctoral advisor 1
Dirk Coster
Doctoral advisors 1
Dirk Coster
Educated at 1
University of Groningen
Employer 1
University of Groningen
Instance of 1
human
Manner of death 1
suicide
Member of 1
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Place of birth 1
Aa en Hunze
Place of death 1
Groningen
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Hessel de Vries was born in Aa en Hunze[1]. He was born on November 15, 1916[2]. He passed away in Groningen[3]. He died on December 23, 1959[4]. He worked as a physicist[5] and university teacher[6].

Body

Death and Burial

Recorded place of death include Groningen[3], a municipality of the Netherlands[19], in Netherlands[20].

FAQs

Where was Hessel de Vries born?

Hessel de Vries was born in Aa en Hunze[1].

Where did Hessel de Vries die?

Hessel de Vries died in Groningen[3].

What did Hessel de Vries do for work?

Hessel de Vries worked as physicist[5] and university teacher[6].

Where did Hessel de Vries go to school?

Hessel de Vries was educated at University of Groningen[10].

Related Entities

Kingdom of the Netherlands

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Catalogus Professorum Academiae Groninganae. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [2] ↑ . Biografisch Portaal. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [4] ↑ . Biografisch Portaal. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Groningen, Groningen
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'nl']
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57880|batch #57880]]: Import more precise places of birth, date from dewiki"
  2. 16w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → —
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    Citizenship → —
    Place of death → Groningen, Groningen
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