Clyde Wiegand (May 23, 1915, Long Beach, Washington – July 5, 1996) was an American physicist. Wiegand received his undergraduate degree from Willamette University in 1940. He began his graduate work in physics in 1941 at UC Berkeley. He was best known for the co-discovery of the antiproton in 1955, along with

Owen Chamberlain Owen Chamberlain (July 10, 1920 – February 28, 2006) was an American physicist who shared with Emilio Segrè the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the antiproton, a sub-atomic antiparticle. Biography Born in San Francisco, Cali ...

, Emilio Segrè, and

Thomas Ypsilantis Thomas John Ypsilantis ( el, Θωμάς Υψηλάντης, link=no; June 24, 1928 – August 16, 2000) was an American physicist of Greek descent. Ypsilantis was known for the co-discovery of the antiproton in 1955, along with Owen Chamberlai ...

. He was also a large contributor to the research of the atomic bomb. He died at his home in Oakland, California of prostate cancer, aged 81.

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1915 births 1996 deaths 20th-century American physicists Scientists from Oakland, California UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni Willamette University alumni Fellows of the American Physical Society Deaths from prostate cancer in California {{US-physicist-stub