Rasetti, Franco, 1901-2001

LC control no.	n 80164766
Personal name heading	Rasetti, Franco, 1901-2001 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Razetti, F. (Franco), 1901-2001
Located	Pisa, Italy Rome, Italy Québec, Québec Baltimore, Md.
Birth date	19010810
Death date	20011205
Place of birth	Castiglione del Lago, Italy
Place of death	Waremme, Belgium
Field of activity	Physics Paleontology Entomology Botany Geology
Affiliation	Università di Pisa Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza" Université Laval Johns Hopkins University
Profession or occupation	Physicist Geologist Botanist Paleontologist Entomologist
Found in	Info. from UkLeU, Feb. 13, 2002 (d. 2001; physicist, geologist, botanist, paleontologist, entomologist) New York times, Dec. 25, 2001, online, Mar. 6, 2002 (Dr. Franco Dino Rasetti; d. Dec. 5, 2001, Belgium) Wikipedia, website viewed 7 September 2012 (Franco Rasetti, Franco Dino Rasetti; b. August 10, 1901, Castiglione del Lago, Italy; d. December 5, 2001, Waremme, Belgium; Italian scientist; doctorate in physics, University of Pisa, 1923; chair in spectroscopy at Sapienza University of Rome, 1930-1938; discovered the key to nuclear fusion; taught physics at Laval University in Quebec City, Canada, 1939-1947; moved to the United States in 1947; chair of physics department at Johns Hopkins University, 1947-1967; after 1960 becme more interested in natural science and became an expert on trilobite fossils and wilflowers of the Alps; author)