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Robert J. Van de Graaff
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Robert J. Van de Graaff

Physicist, inventor of Van de Graaff generator

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Robert Jemison Van de Graaff was an American physicist, noted for his design and construction of high-voltage Van de Graaff generators. He taught at Princeton University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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University of Oxford
University of Oxford

Collegiate research university in Oxford, England

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University of Alabama
University of Alabama

Public university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

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Princeton University
Princeton University

Private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States

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#4436 World Rank #1321 USA Rank
Physics