Clyde Wiegand
American physicist
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| Intro | American physicist | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Scientist Physicist | |
| Work field | Science | |
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| Birth | 23 May 1915, Oakland, Alameda County, California, U.S.A. | |
| Death | 5 July 1996 (aged 81 years) |
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Clyde Wiegand (May 23, 1915, Long Beach, Washington – July 5, 1996) was an American physicist.
He was best known for the co-discovery of the antiproton in 1955, along with Owen Chamberlain, Emilio Segrè, and Thomas Ypsilantis. He was also a large contributor to the research of the atomic bomb.
He died at his home in Oakland, California of prostate cancer, aged 81.