# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donald-william-kerst
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:25:50.439Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/donald-william-kerst"
name: "Donald William Kerst"
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description: "Donald William Kerst was an American physicist who worked on advanced particle accelerator concepts and plasma physics. He is most notable for his development of the betatron, a novel type of particle accelerator used to accelerate electrons."
tagline: "American accelerator physicist who developed the betatron (1911–1993)"
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country:
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birthDate: "1911-11-01"
deathDate: "1993-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump