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Cornelis Zwikker

Professor of theoretical and applied physics at the Delft University of Technology

Year of Birth:
19.08.1900

Year of Death:
20.04.1985

Institution:
Delft University of Technology

 

Cornelis Zwikker was a Dutch physicist and one of the initiators of the Dutch Sound Foundation. After studying chemistry, mathematics, and physics in Amsterdam, he worked with Philips in Eindhoven until 1929, when he was appointed professor of theoretical and applied physics at the Delft University of Technology. Zwikker was responsible for the acoustic design of many buildings, among them the studios of the Dutch broadcasting organization AVRO.

 

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