Robert Jemison VandeGraaff was an American physicist and inventor of the Van de Graaff generator, a type of high-voltage electrostatic generator that serves as a type of particle accelerator.
Robert Jemison VandeGraaff (December 20, 1901 – January 16, 1967) was an American physicist known for his design and construction of high-voltage Van de Graaff generators.
Proslul především vynálezem Vande Graaffova generátoru, tedy elektrostatického stroje umožňujícího nabíjet kovovou kouli na velmi vysoké napětí (1929).
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþi- "fame" and *berhta- "bright" (Hrōþiberhtaz). [1 ] Compare Old Dutch Robrecht and Old High German Hrodebert (a compound of Hruod (Old Norse: Hróðr) "fame, glory…
Robert Jemison VandeGraaff se narodil v Tuscaloose v Alabamě. Jeho máma Minnie Cherokee Hargrove a táta Adrian Sebastian Vande Graaffa měli ještě čtyři starší syny.
Peter VanDe Graaff is recognized nationwide as a leader in classical music broadcasting. After beginning his radio career in 1984 at KBYU, he came to 98.7 WFMT as a staff announcer in 1988.