James Dewar
Sir James Dewar
Sir James Dewar FRS
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a British chemist and physicist. He is best known for his invention of the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with research into the liquefaction of gases.
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Born
20 September 1842 Kincardine-on-Forth, Scotland
Died
27 March 1923 (aged 80) London, England
Nationality
Scottish
Known for
Liquid oxygen Liquid hydrogen
Fields
Physics Chemistry
Alma mater
University of Edinburgh
Awards
Hodgkins gold medal ( Smithsonian Institution ) Lavoisier Medal ( French Academy of Sciences ) Albert Medal ( Royal Society of Arts ) Rumford Medal (1894) Franklin Medal (1919)
Institutions
Royal Institution Peterhouse, Cambridge
adultbasic
Britain
Doctoral advisor
Lord Playfair
era
1800+