# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicholas-christofilos
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:24:22.191Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nicholas-christofilos"
name: "Nicholas Christofilos"
slug: "nicholas-christofilos"
description: "Nicholas Constantine Christofilos was a Greek physicist. The Christofilos effect, a type of electromagnetic shielding, is named after him."
tagline: "Accelerator physicist who independently developed and patented the strong focusing principle (1916–1972)"
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country:
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birthDate: "1916-12-16"
deathDate: "1972-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump