Cornelis Bakker

Cornelis Bakker
Bakker in 1959
2nd Director-General of CERN
In office
1955–1960
Preceded byFelix Bloch
Succeeded byVictor Weisskopf
Personal details
BornCornelis Jan Bakker
(1904-03-11)11 March 1904
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died23 April 1960(1960-04-23) (aged 56)
Scientific career
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam (PhD)
Known forDevelopment of the Synchro-Cyclotron
FieldsPhysics
Institutions
Doctoral advisorPieter Zeeman
Doctoral studentsAaldert Wapstra

Cornelis Jan Bakker (Dutch: [kɔrˈneːlɪs jɑn ˈbɑkər]; 11 March 1904 – 23 April 1960) was a Dutch physicist who served as Director-General of CERN from 1955 until his death in 1960.