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Article: Obituary: Professor Hannes Alfvn
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- The Independent (London, England)
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- April 14, 1995
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Hannes Olof Gsta Alfvn, theoretical physicist: born Norrkping
Sweden 30 May 1908; Professor of Theory of Electricity, Royal
Institute of Technology, Stockholm 1940-45, Professor of
Electronics 1945-63, Professor of Plasma Physics 1963-73;
Professor, University of California, San Diego (part- time)
1967-89; married 1935 Kerstin Erikson (five children); died
Stockholm Sweden 2 April 1995.
Hannes Alfvn made his reputation as a physicist and earned his
Nobel Prize in 1970 by establishing the overall importance of
magnetic fields in space and in astrophysical phenomena. He is
important also for his work for Sweden and for addressing wider
international scientific issues. In later years he ...