Kramers, Hendrik Anton (Hans). 1894-1952 H.A. Kramers Papers. 1914-1952

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Physicist, born Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Educated U. Leiden (Ehrenfest), M.A. 1916. Niels Bohr's first scientific assistant. U. Copenhagen, 1919-26. U. Utrecht, 1926-34. U. Leiden, 1934-52. Research and numerous publ. on quantum physics incl. intensity of atomic spectra, normalising problems of charging and of mass; work on dispersion of light, among K.'s most importent contributions (1924); predicted, in paper with Heisenberg the same year, Raman effect. Died Oegstgeest, Holland 1952

DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION: Correspondence and notebooks. Arrangement as described in SHQP. Correspondence largely filmed on AHQP microfilms 8-15. Notebooks part of collections filmed on AHQP microfilms 25-26.

1.5 m. Chronological and alphabetical. Dutch, German, Danish etc
Detailed description in T.S. Kuhn, J.L. Heilbron: Sources for History of Quantum Physics (SHQP) , American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia 1967, pp. 110-117