Clyde Cowan

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American physicist human physicist

Clyde Cowan was an American physicist best known for co-discovering the neutrino in a landmark experiment that confirmed its existence.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Frederick Reines	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American physicist ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ
academicEmployer	The Catholic University of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
almaMater	Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington University in St. Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	John Price Wetherill Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ
buriedAt	Arlington National Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
coDiscovererWith	Frederick Reines NERFINISHED ⓘ
confirmedAspectOf	conservation of energy and momentum in beta decay ⓘ
confirmedPredictionOf	neutrino postulated by Wolfgang Pauli ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1919-12-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1974-05-24 ⓘ
degreeEarned	PhD in physics ⓘ
discovered	neutrino (experimental confirmation) ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	Arthur Holly Compton NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt	Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington University in St. Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Los Alamos National Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ The Catholic University of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
experiment	Savannah River neutrino experiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Cowan NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	experimental physics ⓘ particle physics ⓘ
givenName	Clyde NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNationality	American NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	co-discovery of the neutrino ⓘ
memberOf	United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
militaryRank	captain ⓘ
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
notableWork	neutrino detection experiment ⓘ
numberOfChildren	4 ⓘ
occupation	physicist ⓘ
participantIn	World War II ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Detroit, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Bethesda, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	professor of physics ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Elizabeth Inez Crowell NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedDetectorType	liquid scintillation detector ⓘ
workLocation	Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neutrino → wasFirstDetectedBy → Clyde Cowan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frederick Reines

electron neutrino → wasFirstDirectlyDetectedBy → Clyde Cowan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frederick Reines