Peter Meyer

Peter Meyer (January 6, 1920 – March 7, 2002) was a German-born American astrophysicist notable for his research of cosmic rays. Meyer was director of the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago,

Meyer experimented with balloon-borne cosmic ray detectors; together with Simpson he built one of the first instruments for cosmic ray experiments flown on spacecraft.

Meyer was "an accomplished cellist", who often played with his first wife. He was married twice, to physicist Luise Meyer-Schützmeister (d. 1981), and to virologist Patricia G. Spear. He had two sons.

Meyer died in Chicago from complications of a stroke. His doctoral students include Rochus E. Vogt.