Nicolaas Bloembergen
Facts
30 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- March 11, 1920
- Date of death
- September 5, 2017
- Place of birth
- Dordrecht
- Place of death
- Tucson
- Country of citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands, United States[10][11]
- Field of work
- quantum physics, optics, physics, theoretical physics, laser spectroscopy[12][13][14][15][16]
- Award received
- Guggenheim Fellowship, Nobel Prize in Physics, Frederic Ives Medal, Stuart Ballantine Medal, Lorentz Medal, Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, IEEE Medal of Honor, National Medal of Science, Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Physics, Humboldt Research Fellowship, IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award, Fellow of the American Physical Society, honorary doctorate at the Laval University, Humboldt Prize, Fellow of the Optical Society, Bijvoet Medal[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]
- Spouse
- Huberta Deliana Brink[9]
- Sibling
- Auke Bloembergen
- Doctoral advisor
- Edward Mills Purcell, Cornelis Jacobus Gorter[23][24]
- Doctoral student
- Eli Yablonovitch, Yuen-Ron Shen, Peter Pershan, Edwin F. Taylor, Peter Sorokin[50][51][52][53][54]
- Cause of death
- heart failure[55]
- Nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Physics
- Described by source
- Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
- Erdős number
- +9
- Family name
- Bloembergen[56]
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- Interested in
- physics
- Maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- Manner of death
- natural causes
- Member of
- German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, French Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, American Physical Society, American Philosophical Society[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]
- Name in native language
- Nicolaas Bloembergen
- Student
- Eli Yablonovitch[25]
- ISNI
- 0000000109208869
- VIAF cluster ID
- 84966983
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- n83828727
- GND ID
- 119560445
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Nicolaas Bloembergen 1981.jpg ↗
- Academic Tree ID
- 47070
- All-Russian Mathematical Portal ID
- 98708
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
- nicolaas-bloembergen
- Awards & Winners artist ID
- 023d4s
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 12359238d
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
- bloembergen-nicolaas
- C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated)
- 18144
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- CTHS person ID
- 125169
- CiNii Research ID
- 1140563741537063936
- DDB person (GND) ID
- 119560445
- De Agostini ID
- Bloembergen,+Nicolaas
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
- 3X3HEN
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
- 116787
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- biography/Nicolaas-Bloembergen
- Encyclopædia Universalis ID
- nicolaas-bloembergen
- FAST ID
- 123511
- FactGrid item ID
- Bob McGill
- Find a Grave memorial ID
- 183110200
- Freebase ID
- /m/023d4s
- French Academy of Sciences member ID
- nicolaas-bloembergen
- GTAA ID
- 1184807
- Geni profile ID
- 6000000030639254959
- Goodreads author ID
- 841358
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
- nicolaas-bloembergen
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
- 0010527
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
- Nicolaas_Bloembergen
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
- blombergen-nikolas-d1a67c
- Guggenheim fellows ID
- nicolaas-bloembergen
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
- 8196
- IEEE Xplore author ID
- 37326074000
- IdRef ID
- 071562702
- J9U entity ID
- 987007306584505171
- Krugosvet article (archived)
- nauka_i_tehnika/fizika/BLOMBERGEN_NIKOLAS.html
- Leidse Hoogleraren ID
- 1206
- Leopoldina member ID (new)
- nicolaas-bloembergen
- Lex ID
- Nicolaas_Bloembergen
- Libris-URI
- zw9dnh1h326qqff
- Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
- 01099/eu_b_4077/b4077
- MR Author ID
- 313958
- Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
- 14218
- Munzinger person ID
- 00000016457
- NACSIS-CAT author ID
- DA02889613
- NE.se ID
- nicolaas-bloembergen
- NL CR AUT ID
- ola2002153371
- NLA Trove people ID
- 793828
- NNDB people ID
- 951/000099654
- NUKAT ID
- n97035371
- National Academy of Engineering member ID
- 29681
- National Academy of Sciences member ID
- 57614
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 073752762
- Nobel Laureate API ID
- 118
- Nobel Prize People Nomination ID
- 11055
- Obálky knih ID
- ola2002153371
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
- 3878390
- Open Library ID
- OL2816598A
- Our Campaigns candidate ID
- 204894
- Oxford Reference overview ID
- 20110803095512584
- Physics History Network ID
- 11411006
- Prabook ID
- 1299091
- Proleksis enciklopedija ID
- 11047
- SBN author ID
- MILV216034
- SELIBR ID
- 405495
- SHARE Catalogue author ID
- 44969
- SNAC ARK ID
- w6gw0847
- Scopus author ID
- 16462128600
- Treccani ID
- nicolaas-bloembergen
- WikiTree person ID
- Bloembergen-23
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJcR4VgDYWdW4Tj7pbYMfq
- Yale LUX ID
- person/6f723729-1c3b-4d74-a92a-b87cd635403a
- ZbMATH author ID
- bloembergen.nicolaas
Award received 14
Member of 8
Doctoral students 4
Field of work 4
Doctoral student 3
Educated at 3
Employer 3
Nominated for 3
Occupation 3
Country of citizenship 2
Doctoral advisor 2
Doctoral advisors 2
← Winner 2
Cause of death 1
Given name 1
Instance of 1
Interested in 1
Maintained by WikiProject 1
Manner of death 1
Named after 1
Place of birth 1
Place of death 1
Religion or worldview 1
Sex or gender 1
Student 1
Students 1
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary
Nicolaas Bloembergen was born on March 11, 1920[1], in Dordrecht[2]. He died on September 5, 2017[3], in Tucson[4]. He worked as a physicist[5], theoretical physicist[6], university teacher[7], and Nobel Prize winner[8].
Body
Works and Contributions
Things named for Nicolaas Bloembergen include 10447 Bloembergen[59].
Why It Matters
Entities named for Nicolaas Bloembergen include 10447 Bloembergen[59].
His notable doctoral advisees include Eli Yablonovitch[60], a physicist[61], b. 1946[62], of United States[63], awarded the Mountbatten Medal[64], specialised in optoelectronics[65]; Peter Sorokin[66], a physicist[67], 1931–2015[68], of United States[69], awarded the IBM Fellow[70]; Yuen-Ron Shen[71], a physicist[72], b. 1935[73], of United States[74], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[75], specialised in physics[76]; and Edwin F. Taylor[77], a physicist[78], 1931–2025[79], of United States[80], awarded the Oersted Medal[81], specialised in physics[82].
FAQs
Where was Nicolaas Bloembergen born?
Nicolaas Bloembergen was born in Dordrecht[2].
Where did Nicolaas Bloembergen die?
Nicolaas Bloembergen passed away in Tucson[4].
Who was Nicolaas Bloembergen married to?
Nicolaas Bloembergen's spouses include Huberta Deliana Brink[9].
What did Nicolaas Bloembergen do for work?
Nicolaas Bloembergen worked as a physicist[5], theoretical physicist[6], university teacher[7], and Nobel Prize winner[8].
Where did Nicolaas Bloembergen go to school?
Nicolaas Bloembergen was educated at Leiden University[20], Harvard University[21], and Utrecht University[22].
What awards did Nicolaas Bloembergen receive?
Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[26], Nobel Prize in Physics[27], Frederic Ives Medal[28], and Stuart Ballantine Medal[29].