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Owen Chamberlain

Memorial Page for Owen Chamberlain

Jul 10, 1920 – Feb 28, 2006(85 years)Died in:Berkeley, Alameda County

American physicist

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Cause of Death

Parkinson's disease

Burial Place

Mountain View Cemetery

Awards(3)

Guggenheim FellowshipNobel Prize in PhysicsFellow of the American Physical Society

Education(3)

Dartmouth CollegeUniversity of ChicagoGermantown Friends School

Owen Chamberlain (* July 10, 1920 in San Francisco; † February 28, 2006 in Berkeley) was an american physicist. He was 85 years old. His education included Dartmouth College, University of Chicago and Germantown Friends School. His awards include Guggenheim Fellowship, Nobel Prize in Physics and Fellow of the American Physical Society. His cause of death was Parkinson's disease. He was buried at Mountain View Cemetery.

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Born in San Francisco, California

1920

Nobel Prize in Physics

1959

Died in Berkeley, Alameda County (Parkinson's disease)

2006

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  • William Edward Chamberlain
  • Genevieve Lucinda Owen

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Mountain View Cemetery

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