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Charles Hard Townes

20th-century american physicist.

Born July 28th, 1915 in Greenville.

Died January 27th, 2015 at 99 years old in Oakland. [ref]

Occupations
inventor, nuclear physicist, physicist, university teacher
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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving