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James A. Van Allen

James Alfred Van Allen

American astrophysicist (1914–2006).

Statements about James A. Van Allen

Occupation

Physicist
Astronomer
Nuclear Physicist
University Teacher
Earth Scientist

Date of Birth

9/7/1914

Date of Death

8/9/2006

Place of Birth

Mount Pleasant

Place of Death

Iowa City

Country of Citizenship

United States

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Instance Of

Human

Award Received

17 items
Guggenheim Fellowship
 (1946)
Point in Time
: 1946
Elliott Cresson Medal
 (1961)
Point in Time
: 1961
William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement
 (1987)
Point in Time
: 1987
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
 (1978)
Point in Time
: 1978
National Medal of Science
 (1987)
Point in Time
: 1987
William Bowie Medal
 (1977)
Point in Time
: 1977
Gerard P. Kuiper Prize
 (1994)
Point in Time
: 1994
Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award
 (1960)
Point in Time
: 1960
Time Person of the Year
 (1960)
Point in Time
: 1960
Vannevar Bush Award
 (1991)
Point in Time
: 1991
Crafoord Prize in Geosciences
 (1989)
Country of Citizenship
:
United States
Award Rationale
: Exploration of space, the discovery of the Van Allen belts
Field of Work
:
Geosciences
Point in Time
: 1989
John Adam Fleming Medal
 (1963)
Point in Time
: 1963
International Space Hall of Fame
 (1984)
Point in Time
: 1984
Nevada Medal
 (1990)
Point in Time
: 1990
Philip Hauge Abelson Prize
 (1985)
Point in Time
: 1985
Honorary Member of the American Polar Society
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
 (1962)
Point in Time
: 1962

Family Name

Van Allen
Allen

Given Name

James

Cause of Death

Heart Failure

Member Of

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
 (1961 - )
Start Time
: 1961
American Astronomical Society
American Physical Society
National Academy of Sciences
 (1959 - )
Start Time
: 1959

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Nominated For

Nobel Prize in Physics
 (1960)
Point in Time
: 1960
Nobel Prize in Physics
 (1961)
Point in Time
: 1961
Nobel Prize in Physics
 (1962)
Point in Time
: 1962
Nobel Prize in Physics
 (1965)
Point in Time
: 1965

Field of Work

Astrophysics

Employer

Carnegie Institution for Science
 (1939 - 1942)
Start Time
: 1939
End Time
: 1942
University of Iowa
 (1951 - 1985)
Start Time
: 1951
End Time
: 1985
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Number of Children

5

Academic Degree

Bachelor of Science
 (1935)
Conferred By
:
Iowa Wesleyan University
Point in Time
: 1935
Master of Science
 (1936)
Conferred By
:
University of Iowa
Point in Time
: 1936
Doctor of Philosophy
 (1939)
Conferred By
:
University of Iowa
Point in Time
: 1939

Educated At

University of Iowa
 (1935 - 1939)
Academic Major
:
Physics
Start Time
: 1935
End Time
: 1939
Iowa Wesleyan University
 ( - 1935)
Academic Major
:
Physics
End Time
: 1935
Mount Pleasant Community High School

Notable Work

Van Allen Radiation Belt
Radio Proximity Fuze

Sex or Gender

Male

Described by Source

Obálky Knih
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
Page(s)
:54
Astronomers: A Biographical Reference

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Place of Burial

Southampton Cemetery
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