Jesse Beams

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American physicist (1898-1977)

United States ScientistsLived 1898 to 1977 · aged 78

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Jesse Wakefield Beams was an American physicist at the University of Virginia. He was particularly known for his role in the development of the ultracentrifuge.

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Beams's gravestone at the University of Virginia Cemetery in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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1967National Medal of Science

1942Howard N. Potts Medal

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William Jackson HumphreysAlso won Howard N. Potts Medal

Norman ZabuskyAlso won Howard N. Potts Medal

Merle TuveAlso won Howard N. Potts Medal

John L. MollAlso won Howard N. Potts Medal

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