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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physics (209) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1930s (56) 1936 (7) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1905 (11) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Northeastern states (100) New York (67) New York City (56) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1990s (82) 1991 (10) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Western states (63) California (53) San Marino (2) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) C (45) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) A (40) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name A-D (94) C (27) Carl (6) 22. Shared Family Name 22. Shared Family Name A-D (14) A (2) Anderson (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 30 - 39 (40) 32 (4) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Physicists (206) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Western states (85) California (81) Pasadena (18) California Institute of Technology (18) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Western states (262) California (253) Pasadena (73) California Institute of Technology (73) Alumni (22) Long-term academic staff (21) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) American Association for the Advancement of Science (95) American Philosophical Society (126) American Physical Society (113) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards E-F (439) E (135) Elliott Cresson Medal (30) F (394) Fellow of the American Physical Society (107) complete name: Carl David Anderson nobel prize: physics award year: 1936 together with: Victor Francis Hess prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1936 was divided equally between Victor Franz Hess "for his discovery of cosmic radiation" and Carl David Anderson "for his discovery of the positron." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Carl family name: Anderson occupation: physicist occupation: university teacher field of work: particle physics work location: California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91125, United States of America description: Carl David Anderson was an American physicist. He is best known for his discovery of the positron in 1932, an achievement for which he received the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics, and of the muon in 1936. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1936. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1936/summary/> date birth: 1905 date death: 1991 usual name: Carl Anderson
