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Lester Germer

American physicist
Lester Halbert Germer was an American physicist. With Clinton Davisson, he proved the wave-particle duality of matter in the Davisson–Germer experiment, which was important to the development of the electron microscope. These studies supported the... Wikipedia
Born: October 10, 1896, Chicago, IL
Died: October 3, 1971 (age 74 years), Shawangunk Mountains, NY
Academic advisor: Clinton Davisson
Award: Elliott Cresson Medal (1931)