Luis Walter Alvarez
Deceased Q178344

Luis Walter Alvarez

American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor (1911–1988)

Born: June 13, 1911 (1911) · San Francisco
Died: September 1, 1988 (1988) · Berkeley
Age at death: 77 years
Cause of death: lung cancer
Manner of death: disease
Nationality United States
Occupation university teacher, inventor, physicist, nuclear physicist
Field of work physics
Education University of Chicago, San Francisco Polytechnic High School
Employer University of California, Berkeley
Position held university teacher, president
Gender male

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