Jan Ketelaar

Jan Arnold Albert Ketelaar (21 April 1908, Amsterdam – 23 November 2001, Lochem)^[1][2] was a Dutch chemist and author of the textbook Chemical Constitution: an Introduction to the Theory of the Chemical Bond (De chemische binding. Inleiding in de theoretische chemie).^[3][4] Van Arkel–Ketelaar triangles are named after him.^[5]

Ketelaar(left) with Frits Zernike, November 1955.

Ketelaar's doctoral students included Sol Kimel and Robert de Levie.^[6][7] He was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1958.^[1]

References

1. "J.A.A. Ketelaar (1908 - 2001)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
2. Dorien Daling (1 November 2011). Stofwisselingen: Nederlandse uitgevers en de heruitvinding van het natuurwetenschappelijke tijdschrift, 1945-1970. Uitgeversmaatschappij Walburg Pers. p. 99. ISBN 978-90-5730-731-7.
3. Hoytink, G J (October 1970). "Physical Chemistry in the Netherlands after Van't Hoff". Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. 21 (1): 1–17. doi:10.1146/annurev.pc.21.100170.000245.
4. Ketelaar, J.A.A. (1953). Chemical Constitution: an Introduction to the Theory of the Chemical Bond.
5. Mark Weller; Tina Overton; Fraser Armstrong (2018). Jonathan Rourke (ed.). Inorganic Chemistry. Oxford University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-19-876812-8.
6. "R. de Levie, 1933 -" (in Dutch). University of Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020.
7. "S. Kimel, 1928 -" (in Dutch). University of Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020.