Netherlands / South Africa / Egypt / U.S.S.R. / United Kingdom / China / Scotland / Finland / Germany / Poland / Indonesia / Turkey / Russia / Austria / United States / Spain / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Employment Change / Person Travel / Natural Disaster / /
Facility
Carnegie Institute of Washington / Technical University / American Consulate / Geophysical Laboratory / Stanford University / Government Research Institute / California Institute of Technology / University of California / Central Aero-Hydrodynamic Institute / University of Leiden / Naval Ordnance Laboratory / University of Maryland / Technical University of Delft / /
IndustryTerm
energy / studied law / travel expenses / selected / gas dynamics / /
NaturalFeature
Caucasus / /
Organization
University of California / Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences / Government Research Institute / JM Burgers Centre / University of Maryland / Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Applied Mathematics / Technical University / International Council of Scientific Unions / Nazi police / Scientists’ Club in Moscow / International Union / International Congress / University of Leiden / Department of Mechanical Engineering / Shipbuilding Engineering / and Electrical Engineering / International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics / Communist Party of Holland / Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics / United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization / International Congress Committee / Russian government / U.S Army-Navy-Air Force / California Institute of Technology / International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics / Central Air Documents Office / Democratic Party / International Council / American Consulate in Rotterdam / Stanford University in California / Technical University of Delft / International Research Council / Department of Mechanical Engineering / Congress / League of Nations / Russian Academy of Sciences / UN Court / International Astronomical Union / Stanford University / communist party / British Association in London / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / German police / Central Aero-Hydrodynamic Institute in Moscow / Carnegie Institute of Washington / /
Person
R. de Joselin de Jong / L. H. Adams / Henriëtte Roland Holst / J. C. Smuts / Abram Joffe / William F. Durand / C.B. Biezeno / Friedmann / Stalin / Tatiana Afanasyeva / Theodore von Kármán / P.S. Epstein / Th / J.C. Hunsaker / Paul Ehrenfest / Arie de Mos / A. F. Joffe / Hitler / Pavlov / Anna M. Burgers-Verhoeven / W. F. Durand / Geoffrey I. Taylor / H. G. Wells / H. R. Kruyt / André Gide / J. H. Oort / Johannes (Jan) M. Burgers / F. H. van den Dungen / Ooms Prandtl / /
Position
president / full professor / General / secretary / acting judge / author / official / emeritus professor / Professor / hospital nurse / professor of theoretical physics / great physiologist / judge-advocate / assistant / professor of medicine / professor of mechanics / poet / consultant / scientist / research professor / vice-president of the section / physicist / chairman / writer / co-operative / member / /
Introduction to autobiographical notes of Burgers composed in 1954 J.V. Sengers and G. Ooms Johannes (Jan) M. Burgers was born in Arnhem in The Netherlands on Prof.dr. JV Sengers