Cornelis Wind
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Cornelis Wind | |
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| Born | 7 November 1867 Groningen, Netherlands |
| Died | 7 August 1911 (aged 23) Utrecht, Netherlands |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Groningen |
Cornelis Wind (7 November 1867 – 7 August 1911) was a Dutch physicist.[1] Wind was a pioneer in X-ray research. He died of bone marrow damage in 1911.
Wind obtained his PhD in 1894 at the University of Groningen.[2] Between 1895 and 1902 he was a lecturer in physical chemistry and mathematical physics at the University of Groningen. Wind was appointed chief director of the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute (in Dutch: Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut) in 1902. After his appointment in 1905 as a professor at the Utrecht University in mathematical physics and theoretical mechanics, he remained in different positions at the KNMI until his death in 1911. During his brief life he has initiated important developments in the fields of weather and climate science, earthquake research and research of the sea.
