The scientist Robert Van-de-Graaff

Robert Van-de-Graaff

Living place: Tuscaloosa

Birthday: 20-12-1901

Population of US 1901: 77,584,000

Global rank: #48263

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Who is The scientist Robert Van-de-Graaff?
Physicist who most notably invented the high-voltage generator. He taught at both Princeton University and MIT.
He created Van-de-Graaff to generate electricity, metal globes that could make the hairs on the back of your neck to the touch.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He got his first degree from the University of Alabama but continued his studies in France and England at the Sorbonne and Oxford, respectively.

Family life info

He was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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He was awarded the Cresson Elliott Medal for his work on electricity, as was Nikola Tesla forty years earlier.

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When was The scientist Robert Van-de-Graaff born?
Robert Van-de-Graaff was born in 20-12-1901, death year is , at the age of 123.
Where is The scientist Robert Van-de-Graaff's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Robert Van-de-Graaff was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama- United States. is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Ox. Robert Van-de-Graaff's global rank is 48263 and whose rank is 202 in list of famous The scientist. Population of US in 1901 is about 77,584,000 persons.
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Events in 1901 and 20-12

Events in US in the birth year of Robert Van-de-Graaff

  • As President McKinley begins his second term, he is fatally shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz (Sept. 6). Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as successor after McKinley dies on Sept. 14.
  • J.P. Morgan creates the United States Steel Co., which will become the first $1 billion corporation in the world.

Birthday Robert Van-de-Graaff (20-12) in history

  • Day 20-12 year 1790: Samuel Slater built America's first cotton mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
  • Day 20-12 year 1803: The United States officially bought the Louisiana territory from France for $15 million.
  • Day 20-12 year 1860: South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union.
  • Day 20-12 year 1968: Author John Steinbeck died at age 66.
  • Day 20-12 year 1989: The United States invaded Panama and installed a new government but failed to capture General Manuel Antonio Noriega.
  • Day 20-12 year 1996: Astronomer Carl Sagan died at age 62.
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