Kusch, Polykarp, 1911-1993

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Name (Hebrew)
קוש, פוליקרפ, 1911-1993
Name (Latin)
Kusch, Polykarp, 1911-1993
Other forms of name
Kusch, Polycarp, 1911-1993
Date of birth
1911-01-26
Date of death
1993-03-20
Associated country
Dallas (Tex.)
Occupation
College teachers
Physicists
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 103851825
Wikidata: Q184571
Library of congress: n 91090454
Sources of Information
  • Wikipedia, viewed August 24, 2022(Polykarp Kusch; died in Dallas, Texas)
  • NUCMC data from Univ. of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign Archives for Loomis, F.W. Papers, 1920-1976(Polycarp Kusch)
  • LC data base, 09-06-91(hdg.: Kusch, Polykarp, 1911-)
  • Bio. and gen. master ind., c1980(Kusch, Polycarp, 1911- ; Kusch, Polykarp, 1911-)
  • WWWA:v. 11 1993-1996 (Kusch, Polykarp; physicist, educator; b. Blankenburg, Germany, Jan. 26, 1911; came to US, 1912; naturalized, 1923; PhD, Univ. Illinois, 1936; d. Mar. 20, 1993)
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Wikipedia description:

Polykarp Kusch (German: [ˈpoːliˌkaʁp ˈkuʃ]; January 26, 1911 – March 20, 1993) was a German–American physicist who shared the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics with Willis Eugene Lamb for his accurate determination that the electron magnetic moment was greater than its theoretical value, thus leading to reconsideration of and innovations in quantum electrodynamics.

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