Background
Overbeek, Jan Theodoor Gerard was born on January 5, 1911 in Groningen, The Netherlands. Son of Adam Adolf and Johanna Cornelia (Van Rijssel) Overbeek.
( This chemistry classic offers an excellent, highly rele...)
This chemistry classic offers an excellent, highly relevant account of the stability of lyophobic colloids and suspensions and develops a quantitative theory. Major topics consist of the theory of a single double layer, the interaction of two parallel flat plates, and the interaction of spherical colloidal particles. 1948 edition.
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Professor of Physical Chemistry
Overbeek, Jan Theodoor Gerard was born on January 5, 1911 in Groningen, The Netherlands. Son of Adam Adolf and Johanna Cornelia (Van Rijssel) Overbeek.
Doctor in Mathematics and Sciences, University Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1941. Doctor of Science (honorary), Clarkson University, 1967. Doctor of Science (honorary), Bristol University, England, 1984.
From private to ensign Dutch Military, 1933-1934. Research worker Free University, Brussels, 1934-1935. Assistant University Ghent, Belgium, 1935-1936.
Assistant in physical chemistry University Utrecht, 1936-1941, professor physical chemistry, 1946-1981. Research worker N.V. Philips, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 1941-1946. Consultant Imperial Chemical Industries, Manchester, England, 1965-1983, others.
Visiting professor chemical engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1952-1953, 66-67, 68-81, University Southern California, 1959-1960. Lecturer in field.
( This chemistry classic offers an excellent, highly rele...)
Co-author: (with E.J.W. Verwey and J. Th. G. Overbeek) Theory of the Stability of Lyophobic Colloids, 1948. Editor: Chemistry, Physics and Applications of Surface Active Substances, Volunteer II, 1964.Contributor over 200 articles to professional journals, chapters to books. Author, performer 2 video series and study guides.
Fellow Royal Society Chemistry (honorary). Member Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (honorary), Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts (foreign), American Academy Arts and Sciences (foreign honorary), Kolloidgesellschaft (honorary, Wolfgang Ostwald prize 1989), Sigma Xi.
Outdoor activities, hiking, photography.
Married Johanna Clasina Edie, August 18, 1936. Children: Reina Elisabeth, Antoinetta Wilhelmina, Marijke, Titia Edie.