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Owen Chamberlain

American physicist

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Owen Chamberlain was an American physicist who shared with Emilio Segrè the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the antiproton, a sub-atomic antiparticle.

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
San Francisco wd
Died
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Place of death
Berkeley wd
Citizenship
United States wd
Occupation
physicist, university teacher wd
Education
Dartmouth College, University of Chicago, Germantown Friends School wd

Awards wd

  • Guggenheim Fellowship
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1959)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society

Questions

When was Owen Chamberlain born?
Owen Chamberlain was born on 10 July 1920 in San Francisco.
Where did Owen Chamberlain study?
Owen Chamberlain was educated at Dartmouth College, University of Chicago, Germantown Friends School.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Owen Chamberlain · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q183655 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Owen Chamberlain.jpg by Nobel foundation (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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