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Freeman, Arthur J

LC control no.n 50026388
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Personal name headingFreeman, Arthur J.
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Variant(s)Freeman, Art (Arthur J.)
Freeman, A. J. (Arthur J.)
Associated countryPoland United States
Birth date1930-02-06
Death date2016-06-07
Place of birthLublin (Poland)
Field of activityMaterials science Physics
AffiliationNorthwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Profession or occupationPhysicists
Found inHyperfine 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)