Bjørn Wiik
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Bjørn Wiik was a Norwegian physicist and university teacher born in Bruvik in 1937. He worked in the field of particle physics and was educated at the Technical University of Darmstadt. His professional career included employment at the University of Hamburg, where he died in 1999.
Wiik was a member of several academic institutions, including the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the High Energy and Particle Physics Prize. He spoke Norwegian and was recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bjørn
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Bruvik
- Place of death
- Hamburg
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Technical University of Darmstadt
- Employer
- University of Hamburg
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Field of work
- particle physics
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- date of birth
- 1937-02-17
- date of death
- 1999-02-26
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