What is Théophile de Donder?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Théophile de Donder |image = Théophile Ernest de Donder.jpg |image_size = 200px |caption = de Donder at the [[Solvay Conference]] in 1927 |birth_date = 19 August 1872 |birth_place = [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] |death_date = 11 May 1957 |death_place = [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] |citizenship = |nationality = Belgian |ethnicity = |fields = [[Physicist]] and [[mathematician]] |workplaces = [[Université Libre de Bruxelles]] |alma_mater = [[Université Libre de Bruxelles]] |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = [[Henri Poincaré]] |doctoral_students = [[Ilya Prigogine]]<br>[[Jules Géhéniau]]<br>[[Léon Van Hove]]<br>[[Raymond Coutrez]] |notable_students = |known_for = [[thermodynamics|Being the father of irreversible thermodynamics]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = [[Albert Einstein]] |influenced = |awards = |religion = |signature = <!--(filename only)--> |footnotes = }} '''Théophile Ernest de Donder''' (1872–1957) was a [[Belgians|Belgian]] [[mathematician]] and [[physicist]]. He was famous for work in making connections between the concepts of [[chemical affinity]] and [[Gibbs free energy|free energy]]. He is said to have been the first to address the [[thermodynamics]] of irreversible processes.<ref>{{cite book | last = Perrot | first = Pierre | title = A to Z of Thermodynamics | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 1998 | isbn = 0-19-856556-9}}</ref> De Donder’s work was later developed further by [[Ilya Prigogine]]. De Donder was an associate and friend of [[Albert Einstein]]. ==References== <references /> {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:De Donder, Theophile}} [[Category:1872 births]] [[Category:1957 deaths]] [[Category:Belgian academics]] [[Category:Belgian mathematicians]] [[Category:Belgian physicists]] [[Category:People from Brussels]]