LC control no. | n 80164766 |
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Personal name heading | Rasetti, Franco, 1901-2001 |
Variant(s) | Razetti, F. (Franco), 1901-2001 |
Located | Pisa, Italy Rome, Italy Québec, Québec Baltimore, Md. |
Birth date | 19010810 |
Death date | 20011205 |
Place of birth | Castiglione del Lago, Italy |
Place of death | Waremme, Belgium |
Field of activity | Physics Paleontology Entomology Botany Geology |
Affiliation | Università di Pisa Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza" Université Laval Johns Hopkins University |
Profession or occupation | Physicist Geologist Botanist Paleontologist Entomologist |
Found in | Info. from UkLeU, Feb. 13, 2002 (d. 2001; physicist, geologist, botanist, paleontologist, entomologist) New York times, Dec. 25, 2001, online, Mar. 6, 2002 (Dr. Franco Dino Rasetti; d. Dec. 5, 2001, Belgium) Wikipedia, website viewed 7 September 2012 (Franco Rasetti, Franco Dino Rasetti; b. August 10, 1901, Castiglione del Lago, Italy; d. December 5, 2001, Waremme, Belgium; Italian scientist; doctorate in physics, University of Pisa, 1923; chair in spectroscopy at Sapienza University of Rome, 1930-1938; discovered the key to nuclear fusion; taught physics at Laval University in Quebec City, Canada, 1939-1947; moved to the United States in 1947; chair of physics department at Johns Hopkins University, 1947-1967; after 1960 becme more interested in natural science and became an expert on trilobite fossils and wilflowers of the Alps; author) |