Charles Hard Townes

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American physicist Nobel laureate human physicist

Charles Hard Townes was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known for his pioneering work in quantum electronics that led to the development of the maser and laser.

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Charles Townes ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American physicist → Nobel laureate → human → physicist →
academicDegree	PhD in physics → bachelor's degree → master's degree →
awardReceived	IEEE Medal of Honor → National Medal of Science → Nobel Prize in Physics → Rumford Prize → Stuart Ballantine Medal → Templeton Prize →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1915-07-28 →
dateOfDeath	2015-01-27 →
educatedAt	California Institute of Technology → Duke University → Furman University →
employer	Bell Labs → Columbia University → Massachusetts Institute of Technology → University of California, Berkeley →
familyName	Townes →
fieldOfWork	microwave spectroscopy → optics → physics → quantum electronics →
givenName	Charles →
influenced	development of laser technology →
knownFor	laser → maser → pioneering work in quantum electronics →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Physical Society → National Academy of Sciences →
middleName	Hard →
notableWork	development of the ammonia maser → microwave spectroscopy of molecules →
placeOfBirth	Greenville, South Carolina, United States →
placeOfDeath	Oakland, California, United States →
positionHeld	professor of physics → provost of Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
religion	Christianity →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Frances H. Townes →
workLocation	Berkeley, California → Cambridge, Massachusetts → New York City →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Optical Society of America →	foundedBy
President's Science Advisory Committee ("Charles Townes") →	member