John J. Livingood
John J. Livingood | |
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Livingood in 1938 | |
| Born | John Jacob Livingood March 7, 1903 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | July 21, 1986 (aged 83) Hinsdale, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (AB, MA, PhD) |
| Spouse |
Carolyn Zipf (m. 1934) |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear physics |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | The Arc Spectrum of Platinum (1929) |
John Jacob Livingood (March 7, 1903 – July 21, 1986) was an American nuclear physicist specialising in the design of particle accelerators. With Glenn Seaborg he discovered and characterized a number of new radioisotopes useful for nuclear medicine, including cobalt-60, iodine-131 and iron-59.