Kai Siegbahn

Physicist

Birthday April 20, 1918

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace Lund, Sweden

DEATH DATE Jul 20, 2007 (89)

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About

Swedish physicist who is known for being awarded the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing the method of Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis.

Before Fame

He received his doctorate from the University of Stockholm. He was a professor at the Royal Institute of Technology from 1951 to 1954. 

Trivia

In 1975, he became a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. He was still active as a scientist at the time of his death.

Family Life

He is the son of Manne Siegbahn.

Associated With

He and Niels Bohr were both physicists.