Albert Baez

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Albert Baez was a Mexican-American physicist and optics pioneer who made significant contributions to X-ray microscopy and is also known as the father of folk singer Joan Baez.

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Albert Baez canonical 2
Albert Vinicio Baez 1

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instanceOf Mexican-American
optics pioneer
physicist
academicDegree PhD in physics
awardReceived Dennis Gabor Award
causeOfDeath natural causes
child Joan Baez
Mimi Fariña
Joan Baez
surface form: Pauline Baez
countryOfCitizenship Mexico
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1912-11-15
dateOfDeath 2007-03-20
educatedAt Drew University
Stanford University
Syracuse University
employer Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
UNESCO
surface form: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

University of Redlands
ethnicGroup Mexican American
familyName Joan Baez
surface form: Baez
fieldOfWork X-ray optics
optics
physics
fullName Albert Baez self-linksurface differs
surface form: Albert Vinicio Baez
givenName Albert
hasSibling Walter Baez
knownFor X-ray imaging
X-ray microscopy
contributions to optics education
languageSpoken English
Spanish
memberOf American Physical Society
notableStudent Joan Baez
notableWork development of X-ray reflection microscope
occupation educator
physicist
placeOfBirth Puebla
surface form: Puebla, Mexico
placeOfDeath Redwood City, California
surface form: Redwood City, California, United States
religion Religious Society of Friends
surface form: Quakerism
residence California, United States
New York
surface form: New York, United States
spouse Joan Chandos Bridge

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Joan Baez parent Albert Baez
Mimi Fariña father Albert Baez
Albert Baez fullName Albert Baez self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Albert Vinicio Baez