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Edward Mills Purcell

American physicist (1912-1997).

Born August 30th, 1912 in Taylorville.

Died March 7th, 1997 at 84 years old in Cambridge.

Occupations
nuclear physicist, physicist, university teacher

The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder