Roelof Houwink

Roelof Houwink (1897–1988) was a Dutch polymer scientist, educated at the University of Delft. He worked at Phillips since 1925. From 1939 to 1956 he was director-general of the TNOs Rubberinstituut in Delft. The Mark-Houwink equation is named after him together with Herman F. Mark. Publications Elasticity, Plasticity and Structure of Matter, 1937, Cambridge University Press, London References