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John David Jackson (physicist)
Canadian-American theoretical physicist (1925–2016)
This article is about the physicist. For the boxer, see John David Jackson (boxer).
John David Jackson | |
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| Born | (1925-01-19)January 19, 1925 London, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | May 20, 2016(2016-05-20) (aged 91) Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
| Nationality | Canadian American |
| Alma mater | University of Western Ontario MIT |
| Known for | Classical Electrodynamics |
| Awards | Hon.
D.Sc., University of Western Ontario, 1989 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear physics Particle physics Electrodynamics |
| Institutions | MIT McGill University University of Illinois University of California, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| Thesis | Theoretical interpretation of proton-proton scattering (1946) |
| Doctoral advisor | Victor Frederick Weisskopf |
| Doctoral students | Gordon L.
Kane |
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