Robert J. Van de Graaff
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American physicist (1901–1967)
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Robert J. Van de Graaff was a male person associated with Germany. He was born on December 20, 1901, and died on January 16, 1967. His musical output includes five works. The genres associated with his music include classical, classical period, complete, 32 sonatas, and beethoven gardiner.
Van de Graaff is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. He has been referenced by 66 other encyclopedia articles.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1770-12-17
- Active to
- 1827-03-26
Discography
- Beethoven - Haydn
- Beethoven Immortal: Sonatas Para Piano 3, 12 Y 17
- Beethoven late string quartets (Volume 3)
- Beethoven: String Quintet op. 29 / Mendelssohn: String Quintet op. 87
- Beethoven/The Great Composers
- Berühmte Sinfonien Nr. 9
- Berühmte Werke
- Eroica (Symphony no. 3 in E-flat Major op. 55)1954
- Septett Es-dur1960
- Eroica-Variationen / 6 Variationen G-Dur / 32 Variationen c-moll1984
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 95,770x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,539x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,818x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 39,782x
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 39,488x
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Key facts
- Born
- Robert Jemison Van de Graaff , ( 1901-12-20 ) December 20, 1901, Tuscaloosa, Alabama , U.S.
- Died
- January 16, 1967 (1967-01-16) (aged 65), Boston, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Education
- University of Alabama , ( graduated</span>"}]]}'>grad. 1922, 1923) University of Oxford , ( graduated</span>"}]]}'>grad. 1926, 1928)
- Known for
- Van de Graaff generator
- Spouse
- Catherine Boyden ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1936 )
- Relatives
- Robert Jemison Jr. (maternal great-grandfather) Adrian Van de Graaff (brother) Hargrove Van de Graaff (brother) William T. Van de Graaff (brother)
- Awards
- Elliott Cresson Medal (1936) Duddell Medal and Prize (1947) Tom W. Bonner Prize (1966)
- Fields
- Physics
- Institutions
- Princeton University Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Doctoral advisor
- J. S. E. Townsend
- Doctoral students
- John G. Trump
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Tuscaloosa
- Place of death
- Boston
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- The Queen's College
- Doctoral advisor
- John Sealy Townsend
- Doctoral student
- John G. Trump
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- Robert J van de Graaff faculty portrait cropped.png
- Residence
- Tuscaloosa
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1901-12-20
- date of death
- 1967-01-16
- name in native language
- Robert Jemison Van de Graaff
- Commons category
- Robert Van de Graaff
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Jemison Van de Graaff (December 20, 1901 – January 16, 1967) 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.
Raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Van de Graaff earned his DPhil degree at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. In Europe, exposure to Marie Curie, Ernest Rutherford, and J. Robert Oppenheimer encouraged him to develop methods for accelerating particles to nuclear energies. He built his first electrostatic generator at Princeton University in 1929 and demonstrated a 1.5-million-volt model in 1931, more than twice the highest direct current voltage previously achieved. After joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he constructed the 5-megavolt Round Hill generator. He collaborated with John G. Trump, his former student, on creating compact, gas-insulated machines, which became the first accelerators used in clinical medicine. During World War II, he directed development of high-voltage X-ray equipment for the U.S. Navy.
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