Carl David Anderson
Carl Anderson | |
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| Born | September 3, 1905 New York City, US |
| Died | January 11, 1991 (aged 85) |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology (BS, PhD) |
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| Spouse |
Lorraine Bergman (m. 1946) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Particle physics |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology (1930–1976) |
| Thesis | Space-Distribution of X-ray Photoelectrons Ejected from the K and L Atomic Energy-Levels (1930) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Millikan |
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Carl David Anderson (September 3, 1905 – January 11, 1991) was an American experimental physicist who shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics with Victor Hess for his discovery of the positron, which confirmed the existence of antimatter.