Antonius MJF Michels
Antonius Mathias Johannes Friedrich Michels (born December 31, 1889 in Amsterdam ; † August 2, 1969 there ) was a Dutch physical chemist.
Michels received his doctorate cum laude under Philipp Abraham Kohnstamm at the University of Amsterdam in 1924 and was lecturer from 1929, extraordinary professor from 1939 and professor at the University of Amsterdam from 1957. From 1960 he held a chair for molecular physics.
He dealt with chemical thermodynamics and high pressure chemistry.
In the 1920s, a number of chemists from Imperial Chemical Industries were with him in Amsterdam to train in high pressure chemistry, including Reginald Oswald Gibson and Michael Willcox Perrin , who were among the developers of polyethylene at ICI (a product of high pressure chemistry) .
Web links
- Entry in the album Academicum , University of Amsterdam
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| SURNAME | Michels, Antonius MJF |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Michels, Antonius Mathias Johannes Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd August 1969 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |