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Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn was a Swedish physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1924 "for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy."
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science · Swedish physicist (1886–1978) · physicist · university teacher · also Manne Siegbahn, Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn, Siegbahn
Born 3 December 1886 · Died 26 September 1978 · Q170741
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Nature: Prof. Manne Siegbahn
Published “Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease” in Nature Genetics — cited 1,448 times.
Published “Different signal transduction properties of KDR and Flt1, two receptors for vascular endothelial growth factor.” in Journal of Biological Chemistry — cited 1,295 times.
This was renamed the Manne Siegbahn Institute (MSI)
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Published “The complete active space SCF (CASSCF) method in a Newton–Raphson formulation with application to the HNO molecule” in The Journal of Chemical Physics — cited 1,135 times.
For his contribution to the development of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
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Died 1978-09-26.
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Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1954).
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Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1952).
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Won Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize (1948).
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Won Rumford Medal (1940).
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Siegbahn was appointed Research Professor of Experimental Physics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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Won Hughes Medal (1934).
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Awarded Guthrie Lecture (1933).
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy.
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1924).
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"for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy
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Awarded Björkén Prize (1923).
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Left Lund to become Professor of Physics at Uppsala University
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They had two children: Bo Siegbahn (1915–2008), a diplomat and politician, and Kai Siegbahn (1918–2007), a physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1981 for his contribution to the development of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
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With a thesis titled Magnetische feldmessung (Magnetic field measurements)
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Studied at the University of Göttingen
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Born 1886-12-03.
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