# Raymond Davis Jr.

_American scientist (1914-2006)_

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> Raymond Davis Jr. was an American chemist and physicist. He is best known as the leader of the Homestake experiment in the 1960s-1980s, which was the first experiment to detect neutrinos emitted from the Sun; for this he shared the 2002 
Nobel Prize in Physics.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 14 October 1914 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175519#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Washington, D.C. ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175519#P19))
- **Died:** 31 May 2006 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175519#P570))
- **Place of death:** New York City ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175519#P20))
- **Citizenship:** United States ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175519#P27))
- **Occupation:** physicist; chemist; university teacher ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175519#P106))
- **Education:** Yale University ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175519#P69))
- **Awards:** Nobel Prize in Physics; Benjamin Franklin Medal; National Medal of Science; Wolf Prize in Physics; Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics; Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize; Panofsky Prize; Comstock Prize in Physics; Enrico Fermi Award; George Ellery Hale Prize; Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175519#P166))

## Questions

**When was Raymond Davis Jr. born?**  
Raymond Davis Jr. was born on 14 October 1914 in Washington, D.C..

**Where did Raymond Davis Jr. study?**  
Raymond Davis Jr. was educated at Yale University.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Raymond Davis Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Davis_Jr.) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q175519](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175519) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Raymond Davis, Jr 2001.jpg by National Science Foundation (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raymond_Davis,_Jr_2001.jpg)

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