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Matthew Sands

American accelerator physicist (1919–2014)
Person human Q1368371

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[22]
Date of birth
October 20, 1919
Date of death
September 13, 2014
Place of birth
Oxford, Oxford[7]
Place of death
Santa Cruz
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
physicist, university teacher
Employer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Stanford University[12][13][14][15]
Field of work
accelerator physics, physics, particle accelerator[9][10][11]
Educated at
Rice University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Clark University[16][17][18]
Award received
Fellow of the American Physical Society, Robert R. Wilson Prize[20][21]
Doctoral advisor
Bruno Rossi[19]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[27]
Academic degree
doctorate[23]
Family name
Sands[24]
Given name
Matthew[25]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[28]
Participant in
Manhattan Project[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Matthew Linzee Sands en Matthew Sands en Matthew L. Sands ar ماثيو ساندز cs M. Sends cs Mèt‘ju Sends cs Matthew Linzee Sands de Matthew Linzee Sands es Matthew Linzee Sands fa متئو سندز he מת'יו סנדס ja マシュー・サンズ pt Matthew Linzee Sands ru Мэтью Сэндс ru Сэндс, Мэтью zh 玛修·桑兹 zh-hant 瑪修·桑茲
🔖 Identifiers · 58
ISNI
0000000119341209
VIAF cluster ID
46820871
Library of Congress authority ID
n88249781
GND ID
113133324
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Matthew L. Sands Los Alamos badge photo.png ↗
Atomic Heritage Foundation ID
matthew-sands
BIBSYS ID
90675377
Babelio author ID
184226
BiblioNet author ID
81732
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
122750264
CANTIC ID
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CONOR.SI ID
14097507
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CONOR.SR ID
33495655
Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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Databazeknih.cz author ID
141073
FAST ID
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Freebase ID
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IdRef ID
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KBR person ID
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Libraries Australia ID
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LittleSis people ID
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MR Author ID
532402
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
222571
MusicBrainz artist ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01632360
NDL Authority ID
00455286
NL CR AUT ID
xx0010479
NLA Trove people ID
1124828
NLB authority ID (Belarus)
SEK-677809
NSK (VIAF) ID
000120147
NSK ID
981005771868309366
NUKAT ID
n95402934
National Library of Chile ID
000280298
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007278702705171
National Library of Latvia ID
000057881
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:V*384529;=BR
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810634855305606
National Library of Portugal ID
165188
National Library of Russia ID
77111985
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1269919
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070781648
Nobel Prize People Nomination ID
13109
Obálky knih ID
xx0010479
Online Books Page author ID
Sands, Matthew L. (Matthew Linzee)
Open Library ID
OL2669682A
Parsifal cluster ID
318446
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID
1255534
Prabook ID
1693286
RERO ID (legacy)
A003784418
SBN author ID
CFIV059933
SHARE Catalogue author ID
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SNAC ARK ID
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SVKKL authority ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID
981058612679006706
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/57ec100c-fa67-4507-9a7c-e097a97dbfb6
ZbMATH author ID
sands.matthew

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🔗 Connections
Employer 4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, California Institute of Technology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Educated at 3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rice University, Clark University
Field of work 3
physics, particle accelerator, accelerator physics
Occupation 2
physicist, university teacher
Academic degree 1
doctorate
Award received 1
Robert R. Wilson Prize
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral advisor 1
Bruno Rossi
Doctoral advisors 1
Bruno Rossi
Given name 1
Matthew
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Participant in 1
Manhattan Project
Place of birth 1
Oxford
Place of death 1
Santa Cruz
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
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Summary

Matthew Sands was born on October 20, 1919[1], in Oxford[2]. He died on September 13, 2014[3], in Santa Cruz[4]. He worked as a physicist[5] and university teacher[6].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include The Feynman Lectures on Physics[29], a textbook[30], written by Richard Feynman[31].

FAQs

Where was Matthew Sands born?

Matthew Sands's place of birth was Oxford[2].

Where did Matthew Sands die?

Matthew Sands died in Santa Cruz[4].

What did Matthew Sands do for work?

Matthew Sands worked as a physicist[5] and university teacher[6].

Where did Matthew Sands go to school?

Matthew Sands was educated at Rice University[16], Massachusetts Institute of Technology[17], and Clark University[18].

What awards did Matthew Sands receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Physical Society[20] and Robert R. Wilson Prize[21].

Related Entities

California Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology physics United States University of California, Santa Cruz

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  1. [2] ↑ . aip.org. Retrieved . aip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  13. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . aps.org. Retrieved . aps.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . aip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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