Robert J. Van de Graaff

Robert Jemison Van de Graaff was an American applied physicist and inventor. He is best known for developing the Van de Graaff generator, a high-voltage electrostatic machine that became a fundamental tool in nuclear physics research.

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Who was born first?

• Robert J. Van de Graaff and Charles Brenton Huggins were born the same year
• Robert J. Van de Graaff and Ernest Lawrence were born the same year
• Robert J. Van de Graaff and Max Euwe were born the same year
• Robert J. Van de Graaff and Aleksandr Andronov were born the same year
• Robert J. Van de Graaff and Alfred Tarski were born the same year

Timeline

1. Aleksandr AndronovApril 11, 1901 – October 31, 1952
2. Alfred TarskiJanuary 14, 1901 – October 26, 1983
3. Charles Brenton HugginsSeptember 22, 1901 – January 12, 1997
4. Ernest LawrenceAugust 8, 1901 – August 27, 1958
5. Max EuweMay 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981
6. Robert J. Van de Graaff (this page)December 20, 1901 – January 16, 1967

Related

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• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Carl Friedrich GaussApril 30, 1777 – February 23, 1855
• Dmitri MendeleevJanuary 27, 1834 – January 20, 1907
• Ernest RutherfordAugust 30, 1871 – October 19, 1937
• Erwin SchrödingerAugust 12, 1887 – January 4, 1961
• Wilhelm RöntgenMarch 27, 1845 – February 10, 1923
• Carl SaganNovember 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996