CW
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American physicist
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Male
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Birth:
23 May 1915(Oakland, Alameda County, California, U.S.A.)
Death:
5 July 1996
The details
Biography
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.