Editing Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (section)

== Early life ==

Kamerlingh Onnes was born in [[Groningen]], Netherlands. His father, Harm Kamerlingh Onnes, was a brickworks owner. His mother was Anna Gerdina Coers of [[Arnhem]].<ref name="nobel">{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1913/onnes-bio.html|title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1913: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes|publisher=Nobel Media AB|access-date=24 April 2012}}</ref>

In 1870, Kamerlingh Onnes attended the [[University of Groningen]]. He studied under [[Robert Bunsen]] and [[Gustav Kirchhoff]] at the [[University of Heidelberg]] from 1871 to 1873. Again at Groningen, he obtained his master's degree in 1878 and a doctorate in 1879. His thesis was ''Nieuwe bewijzen voor de aswenteling der aarde'' (''tr''. New proofs of the rotation of the earth). His doctoral thesis was on [[Foucault's pendulum]]. From 1878 to 1882 he was assistant to [[Johannes Bosscha]], the director of the [[Delft University of Technology|Delft Polytechnic]], for whom he substituted as lecturer in 1881 and 1882.<ref name="nobel"/>