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February 1, 1905
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April 22, 1989
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Discovery of antiproton, technetium, and astatine
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Emilio Segrè was a physicist born on February 1, 1905, in Tivoli, Lazio. He held citizenship in both Italy and the United States. Segrè studied at the Sapienza University of Rome and was a doctoral student of Enrico Fermi. He later advised doctoral student Henry Stapp. Segrè's primary academic discipline was physics.
During his career as a physicist, Segrè was best known for his discoveries of the antiproton, technetium, and astatine. His contributions to the field earned him the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Emilio Segrè passed away on April 22, 1989, in Lafayette, California.
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