LC control no. | n 50026388 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Freeman, Arthur J. |
Variant(s) | Freeman, Art (Arthur J.) Freeman, A. J. (Arthur J.) |
Associated country | Poland United States |
Birth date | 1930-02-06 |
Death date | 2016-06-07 |
Place of birth | Lublin (Poland) |
Field of activity | Materials science Physics |
Affiliation | Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Profession or occupation | Physicists |
Found in | Hyperfine interactions, 1967. Handbook on the physics and chemistry of the actinides, 1984: v. 5, CIP t.p. (A.J. Freeman) data sheet (b. 8-29-39) Northwestern University finding aid, Arthur J. Freeman Papers, 1953-2012 (Arthur J. Freeman, 1930-2016, was a solid-state theorist interested in the electronic and magnetic properties of rare-earth and other transition metals.) Physics today online, viewed Jan. 3, 2019: 24 June 2016 dateline (Arthur J. Freeman died on June 7, 2016. Freeman was a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. He was a pioneering developer of computational quantum material science based on density functional theory to simulate new materials via virtual fab within high-performance computers. Art Freeman was born in Lublin, Poland on February 6, 1930. He came to the U.S. at age 7 ... received his Ph.D. in Physics at MIT in 1956; was affiliated with the MIT Magnet Lab from 1962-1967, becoming its associate director before coming to Northwestern University. He was a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fulbright Fellow, an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, and the first MRS Medalist) |