Carl David Anderson

Carl David Anderson
Born	(1905-09-03)September 3, 1905 New York City, U.S.
Died	January 11, 1991(1991-01-11) (aged 85) San Marino, California, U.S.
Alma mater	California Institute of Technology (BSc, 1927; PhD, 1930)
Known for	Discovering the positron (1932) Discovering the muon (1936)
Spouse	Lorraine Bergman ​ (m. 1946)​
Children	2
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1936) Elliott Cresson Medal (1937)
Scientific career
Fields	Particle physics
Institutions	California Institute of Technology
Thesis	Space-distribution of x-ray photoelectrons ejected from the K and L atomic energy-levels (1930)
Doctoral advisor	Robert Andrews Millikan
Other academic advisors	William Smythe
Doctoral students	Seth Neddermeyer (1935) James C. Fletcher (1948) Donald A. Glaser (1949)
Other notable students	Cinna Lomnitz

Carl David Anderson (September 3, 1905 – January 11, 1991) was an American particle physicist who shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics with Victor Francis Hess for his discovery of the positron.