Guy von Dardel
Physicist, Deceased Person
1919 – 2009
Who was Guy von Dardel?
Guy von Dardel was a Swedish physicist who researched particle physics and participated in the establishment of CERN.
von Dardel was the son of Fredrik von Dardel and Maj Wising. His half-brother from his mother's previous marriage, was Raoul Wallenberg. Guy von Dardel's niece, Nane Lagergren, married Kofi Annan in 1984.
Guy von Dardel studied at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He graduated in 1944, received his licentiate in 1951 and his doctorate in 1953 with the thesis The Interaction of Neutrons with Matter studied with a Pulsed Neutron Source. He was an employee of SAAB from 1944 to 1946, the Swedish Defence Research Establishment from 1946-1950 and the semi-governmental nuclear energy company AB Atomenergi from 1950-1954.
In 1954 he became involved in the establishment of CERN, where he was active as a researcher. He accepted a position at Lund University in 1964 and was appointed professor of elementary particle physics the following year. He also chaired the European Committee for Future Accelerators. As a physicist he is mostly known for research in collaboration with Nobel laureate, Burton Richter.
Guy von Dardel was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1975.
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- Born
- Aug 26, 1919
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- Siblings
- Profession
- Education
- Royal Institute of Technology
- Died
- Aug 28, 2009
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on July 23, 2013
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