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Birkhoff, Robert D. was born on January 29, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert D. and Ellen (Gleason) Birkhoff.
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Robert D. Birkhoff, American Physicist. Measured cross sections for plasmon excitation, electron flux in irradiated media, optical properties of metals, liquids, scintillators, electron diffusion in metals, plasmon and bremsstrahlung light from irradiated metals, electronic and optical properties of sub-micron sizes. Fellow American Physical, Society.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1945; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1949.
Career
Associate professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1949-1955; professor physics and astronomy, U. Tennessee, 1965-1983; physicist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1955-1981. Consultant, 1950-1955. Head radiological defense State of Tennessee, 1952-1955.
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Fellow American Physical, Society.
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Married Ariel Frances Jewett, November 4,1945.
