About Xie Jialin
Lived 1920 – 2016 (aged 95). Xie Jialin was a Chinese physicist.
Xie Jialin (; 8 August 1920 – 20 February 2016) was a Chinese physicist.
Born in Harbin, he studied physics at Yenching University. Upon graduation in 1943, Xie enrolled at Stanford University, where he earned a Ph.D. in 1951. While working for the University of Chicago Medical Center in 1955, he developed a particle accelerator used to treat cancerous tumors. Later that year, Xie returned to China and helped build the country's first particle accelerator. For his contribution to the development of the 30MeV electron Linear particle accelerator, Xie was awarded the Scientific and Technological Achievement Prize at the 1978 National Science and Technology Conference. Xie died on 20 February 2016 at the age of 95 in Beijing.
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Who was Xie Jialin?
Chinese physicist (1920–2016)
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Xie Jialin was born on 8 August 1920 in Harbin.
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Xie Jialin died on 20 February 2016 in Beijing.
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Xie Jialin was a physicist.
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Xie Jialin was Chinese.
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