John David Jackson (physicist)
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This article is about the physicist. For the boxer, see John David Jackson (boxer).
John David Jackson (January 19, 1925 – May 20, 2016) was a Canadian–American theoretical physicist. He was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and a faculty senior scientist emeritus at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.[1][2]
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John David Jackson | |
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Born | (1925-01-19)January 19, 1925 London, Ontario, Canada |
Died | May 20, 2016(2016-05-20) (aged 91) Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
Nationality | Canadian American |
Alma mater | University of Western Ontario MIT |
Known for | Classical Electrodynamics |
Awards | Hon. D.Sc., University of Western Ontario, 1989 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Nuclear physics Particle physics Electrodynamics |
Institutions | MIT McGill University University of Illinois University of California, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Doctoral advisor | Victor Frederick Weisskopf |
Doctoral students | Gordon L. Kane Chris Quigg Richard D. Field |
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Jackson was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and was well known for his work in nuclear and particle physics,[3] as well as his widely used graduate text on classical electrodynamics.[4][5]