George Volkoff

George Volkoff
Born(1914-02-23)February 23, 1914
Moscow, Russia
DiedApril 24, 2000(2000-04-24) (aged 86)
Vancouver, Canada
Alma mater
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • Princeton University
Known for
AwardsOrder of Canada
Order of the British Empire
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Doctoral advisorJ. Robert Oppenheimer
Other academic advisors
  • Richard C. Tolman
  • Eugene Wigner

George Michael Volkoff, OC MBE FRSC (February 23, 1914 – April 24, 2000) was a Russian-Canadian physicist and academic who helped, with J. Robert Oppenheimer, predict the existence of neutron stars before they were discovered.

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