About
Scottish chemist who was the first do discover that gases can turn to liquid at extremely low temperatures. The Dewar flask, an insulating storage vessel, is named after him.
Before Fame
He began research at Cambridge University in England.
Trivia
Not limiting himself to theory, he actually built a practical device that yielded significant amounts of liquid oxygen to prove his hypothesis.
Family Life
He spent his teenage years an orphan, losing both his parents at age 15.
Associated With
For his pioneering research, he was one of the first recipients of the
