11 Facts About Heinz London

Together with his brother Fritz London he was a pioneer in the field of superconductivity.

Heinz London was born in Bonn in a liberal Jewish-German family.

Heinz London's father died of heart failure when Heinz was nine years old.

The greatest influence on Heinz London's childhood was his older brother Fritz.

Heinz London followed in his older brother's footsteps, studying physics, but became an experimental physicist instead and obtained his PhD under the famous superconductivity physicist Francis Simon.

Heinz London was in a junior position without any expectation of remaining at Oxford, and so took an appointment at the University of Bristol.

In 1940 Heinz London was declared a civilian enemy alien and interned on the Isle of Man, but was then released to co-operate with the British nuclear program.

Heinz London was a lifelong heavy smoker and died from lung cancer in 1970.

Heinz London studied at multiple institutions as was customary at the time in Germany.

Heinz London is known as well for being the inventor of the dilution refrigerator, a cryogenic device that uses liquid helium.

Heinz London was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1961, and his nomination read.