About Clyde Wiegand
Lived 1915 – 1996 (aged 81). Clyde Wiegand was an American physicist.
Clyde Wiegand (May 23, 1915, Long Beach, Washington – July 5, 1996) was an American physicist.
Wiegand received his undergraduate degree from Willamette University in 1940. He began his graduate work in physics in 1941 at UC Berkeley.
He was best known for the co-discovery of the antiproton in 1955, along with Owen Chamberlain, Emilio Segrè, and Thomas Ypsilantis. He was also an important contributor to the research of the atomic bomb.
He died at his home in Oakland, California of prostate cancer, aged 81.
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Who was Clyde Wiegand?
American physicist (1915-1996)
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Clyde Wiegand was born on 23 May 1915 in Oakland.
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Clyde Wiegand died on 5 July 1996.
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Clyde Wiegand was a physicist.
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