Gleb Wataghin
Gleb Wataghin (born November 3, 1899 in Birzula , Ukraine ; † October 10, 1986 in Turin ) was a Ukrainian-Italian experimental particle physicist.
Wataghin came from a well-to-do family (his father was an engineer), went to school in Kiev and fled Russia in the turmoil of the revolution. He was in Turin from 1920, where he studied physics and mathematics, with the Laurea degree in physics in 1922 and in mathematics in 1924. Wataghin belonged to a group of European physicists who from 1934 built up the Physics Institute at the University of Sao Paulo . There he taught many physicists who later were among the leading in the country (such as César Lattes , Jayme Tiomno , Oscar Sala , Mário Schenberg , Marcel Damy de Souza Santos ). From 1939 he was a professor in Turin, which he remained until 1970.
In 1940 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society . In 1951 he received the Antonio Feltrinelli Prize . From 1960 he was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei .
In 1929 he became an Italian citizen.
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| SURNAME | Wataghin, Gleb |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian-Italian experimental particle physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birzula , Ukraine |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1986 |
| Place of death | Turin |