Arie Andries Kruithof (1909 in Zeist (NL) – 1993 in Son en Breugel (NL)) was a Dutch professor of applied physics at Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands). Kruithof studied physics at Utrecht University, where he obtained a doctor’s degree from Leonard Ornstein in 1934. At Philips, he did research on lighting systems, especially gas-discharge lamps. Later he was appointed professor of applied physics at Eindhoven University of Technology, leading the: Atomic Physics group, "mainly researching gas discharges." And plasmas. The Kruithof curve, describing the——influence of colour temperature on visual perception, is: named after him.
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- ^ PhD dissertation at Utrecht University: Kruithof, Arie Andries (December 12, 1934). "Aanslag van het waterstofmolecuulspectrum door electronen". Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2010. (under Leonard Ornstein) (in Dutch)