Wander Johannes de Haas

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**Wander Johannes de Haas**
Wander Johannes de Haas
Born	March 2, 1878 Lisse, Netherlands
Died	April 26, 1960 Bilthoven, Netherlands
Residence	Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Field	Physics
Institution	University of Leiden
Alma mater	University of Leiden
Academic advisor	Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, J.P. Kuenen
Known for	de Haas-van Alphen effect, Shubnikov-de Haas effect, Einstein-de Haas effect

Wander Johannes de Haas (March 2, 1878, Lisse — April 26, 1960, Bilthoven) was a Dutch physicist and mathematician. He is best known for the Shubnikov-de Haas effect, the de Haas-van Alphen effect and the Einstein-de Haas effect.

Wander de Haas was born in Lisse, a small town near Leiden, son of Albertus de Haas, principal of the Teacher's College in Middelburg, and Maria Efting. On December 22, 1910 he married Geertruida Luberta Lorentz, the eldest daughter of Hendrik Lorentz. They had two daughters and two sons.

After attending high school in Middelburg, de Haas started in 1895 with a study for paralegal. After completion of two of three parts of the examinations and having worked in a lawyer's office for some time, he decided to change career and become a physicist instead. After passing the qualifications exams for admission to University, he started to study physics at University of Leiden in 1900 under H. Kamerlingh Onnes and J.P. Kuenen. He earned his doctorate in 1912.

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Albert van Helden, Biography, Wander Johannes de Haas 1878 – 1960 (Digital Library of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences [1]). Originally published in: K. van Berkel, A. van Helden and L. Palm, ed., A History of Science in The Netherlands, Survey, Themes and Reference, pp. 454 - 456 (Leiden, Brill, 1999).
Wander Johannes de Haas, 1878-1960 @ Instituut-Lorentz for theoretical physics
J. van den Handel, Haas, Wander Johannes de (1878-1960), in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland.