Van Vleck, John Hasbrouck
Van Vleck, John Hasbrouck,
1899–1980, American physicist, b. Middletown, Conn., Ph.D. Harvard, 1922. As a professor at Harvard, Van Vleck developed fundamental theories on the quantum mechanics of magnetism and on molecular bonding (ligand field theory). For his contributions to the understanding of electrons in magnetic, noncrystalline solids, Van Vleck was awarded the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Philip W. AndersonAnderson, Philip Warren,1923–, American physicist, b. Indianapolis, Ind., Ph.D. Harvard, 1949. After graduation he worked at Bell Laboratories; in 1975 he became a professor of physics at Princeton.
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Van Vleck, John Hasbrouck
Born Mar. 13, 1899, in Middletown, Conn. American physicist.
Van Vleck studied at the University of Wisconsin and Harvard University. He taught at Harvard in 1922 and 1923 and at the University of Minnesota from 1923 to 1928, becoming a professor in 1927. After holding a professorship at the University of Wisconsin from 1928 to 1934, he returned to Harvard, where he was named a professor in 1935. Van Vleck served as president of the American Physical Society in 1952 and 1953.
Van Vleck’s principal works deal with quantum mechanics, magnetism, and solid-state physics. He made an important contribution to the quantum-mechanical theory of diamagnetism and paramagnetism. In 1927 he discovered the paramagnetism of diamagnetic ions in the singlet state, and in 1941 he applied the molecular field theory for antiferromagnetic substances. His other contributions include a mechanism for spin-lattice relaxation.
Van Vleck received a Nobel Prize in 1977.