robert jemison van de graaff

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v. born Dec. 20, 1901, Tuscaloosa, Ala., U.S. died Jan. 16, 1967, Boston, Mass. U.S. physicist. He worked as an engineer, then as a physics researcher at the University of Oxford (1925-29). From 1931 he continued his research at MIT, as a professor (1934-60). He developed a high-voltage electrostatic generator (later called the Van de Graaff generator) that served as a type of particle accelerator. In 1946 he cofounded the High Voltage Engineering Corp. to manufacture his accelerator. Widely used in atomic research, the device was also adapted to produce high-energy X rays for medical and industrial uses

{i} (1901-1967) United States physicist who invented the Van de Graaff generator

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Rob·ert jemison Van de graaff