Dirk ter Haar FRSE FIP[clarification needed] DSc (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɪr(ə)k tɛr ˈɦaːr]; 19 April 1919 –3 September 2002) was an Anglo-Dutch physicist.
Dirk ter Haar was born at Oosterwolde in the province Friesland in the north of the Netherlands on 19 April 1919.
[5] Many prominent scientists were PhD students under Ter Haar, including Anthony James Leggett, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2003, and Deng Jiaxian, one of the leading scientists and founders of Chinese nuclear weapons programs.
Dirk could read Russian, and played a prominent role in disseminating the works of Soviet physicists such as Lev Landau and Pyotr Kapitsa to the western world.
His daughter, Gail ter Haar, became a reader in physics as well, specializing in therapeutic ultrasound.