Robert Van-de-Graaff
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About
Physicist who most notably invented the high-voltage electrical generator. He taught at both Princeton University and MIT.
Before Fame
He got his first degree from the University of Alabama but continued his studies in France and England at the Sorbonne and Oxford, respectively.
Trivia
He created the Van-de-Graaff Generator, the metal globes that can make hair stand on end when touched.
Family Life
He was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Associated With
He was awarded the Elliott Cresson Medal for his work on electricity, as did Nicola Tesla forty years before.
