Dewar

Dewar may refer to:

• Clan Dewar
• Dewar (caste), a fishing caste from India
• Vacuum flask (also known as a Dewar flask), a vacuum-insulated container used to maintain internal temperature for extended periods, named for British chemist James Dewar
  • Cryogenic storage dewar, a specialized vacuum flask for extremely cold fluids
• Dewar benzene, an isomer of benzene named for James Dewar
• Dewar's, makers of a blended Scotch whisky, named for John Dewar and sons

Other uses:

People

• Arthur Dewar, Lord Dewar (1860–1917), Scottish politician and judge.
• Arthur Dewar (cricketer) (1934–2020), Scottish cricketer
• Connor Dewar (born 1999), Canadian ice hockey player
• Donald Dewar (Rt. Hon. Donald Campbell Dewar, 1937–2000), former Scottish politician and the first First Minister of Scotland
• Douglas Dewar (1875–1957), British ornithologist and critic of the theory of evolution
• Geordie Dewar (1867-1915), Scottish football player
• George Dewar (disambiguation), various people
• Isla Dewar (1946 – 2021), Scottish novelist and screenwriter
• Jackie Dewar (1923–2011), Scottish footballer
• Jacqueline Dewar, American mathematician
• James Dewar (disambiguation)
• Jim Dewar (disambiguation)
• John Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot (1856–1929), Scottish businessman and MP
• John Dewar, 2nd Baron Forteviot (1885–1947), Scottish businessman and soldier
• John Michael Dewar (1883–1941), Scottish ornithologist
• Kenneth Dewar (1879–1964), Vice-Admiral of the Royal Navy
• Kim Dewar, New Zealand swimmer
• Marion Dewar (1928–2008), Mayor of Ottawa, Canada, and MP
• Michael J. S. Dewar (1918-1997), English theoretical chemist
• Neil Dewar (1908–1982), Scottish football player
• Paul Dewar (1963–2019), Canadian teacher and MP
• Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar (1864-1930), Scottish whisky distiller
• William McLachlan Dewar, headmaster of George Heriot's School in Edinburgh, Scotland
• Michael Kenneth O’Malley Dewar (1942–2016), chief of Clan Dewar

Places

• Dewar (crater), a lunar impact crater
• Dewar Nunatak, Adelaide Island, Antarctica
• Dewar, Scottish Borders, Scotland
• Dewar, Iowa, United States
• Dewar, Oklahoma, United States
• Dewar Creek, British Columbia, Canada

See also

• Devar, 1966 Indian film
• Divar, island in Goa, India
• Divar (website), Iranian classifieds website
• Deewaar (disambiguation)