Rolf Widerøe
Norwegian physicist
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Rolf Widerøe was a Norwegian accelerator physicist who was the originator of many particle acceleration concepts, including the resonance accelerator and the betatron accelerator. Wikipedia
Born: July 11, 1902, Oslo, Norway
Died: October 11, 1996 (age 94 years), Obersiggenthal, Switzerland
Parents: Carla Johanne Launer and Theodor Widerøe