About Peter Demos
Lived 1918 – 2012 (aged 94). Peter Demos was an academic and physicist.
Peter T. Demos (July 18, 1918 – September 18, 2012) was a professor in the Department of Physics and the Laboratory for Nuclear Science at MIT. A native of Peterborough, Ontario, Demos attended Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School and Queen's University, and received a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT in 1951. He was a founder and former director of the Bates Linear Accelerator at MIT and served as advisor on nuclear science to John F. Kennedy.
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Who was Peter Demos?
American physicist (1918-2012)
When was Peter Demos born?
Peter Demos was born on 18 July 1918 in Toronto.
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Peter Demos died on 18 September 2012 in Belmont, Massachusetts.
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Peter Demos was an academic and physicist.
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