William M. Fairbank
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 35 years ago |
| Date of birth | February 24,1917 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Minneapolis |
| Minnesota | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | September 30,1989 |
| Died | Palo Alto |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Children | Richard Fairbank |
| Job | Physicist |
| Education | Yale University |
| Whitman College | |
| Awards | Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize |
| Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 569385 |
William M. Fairbank Life story
William Martin Fairbank was an American physicist known in particular for his work on liquid helium. Fairbank obtained his A. B. degree from Whitman College and his Ph. D. in physics from Yale University under the supervision of C. T. Lane. He then went on to a productive academic career.
