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Carl David Anderson

Carl David Anderson

September 3, 1905 –January 11, 1991

Physicist, University teacher

Lived 85 years

Born in
New York City
Passed away in
San Marino

Carl David Anderson (September 3, 1905 – January 11, 1991) was an American experimental physicist who shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics with Victor Hess for his discovery of the positron, which confirmed the existence of antimatter.

Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, Elliott Cresson Medal, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Education: California Institute of Technology, John H. Francis Polytechnic High School

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