Birth Name: Robert Van-de-Graaff
Occupation: Physicist
Place Of Birth: Tuscaloosa
Date Of Birth: December 20, 1901
Date Of Death: January 16, 1967
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Robert Van-de-Graaff was born on the 20th of December, 1901. He was known for being a Physicist. Physicist who most notably invented the high-voltage electrical generator. He taught at both Princeton University and MIT.
Robert Van-de-Graaff was born in Tuscaloosa. He got his first degree from the University of Alabama but continued his studies in France and England at the Sorbonne and Oxford, respectively. He created the Van-de-Graaff Generator, the metal globes that can make hair stand on end when touched.
Robert Van-de-Graaff was a Sagittarius and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Robert Van-de-Graaff is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
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Robert Van-de-Graaff was born in the Year of the Ox.
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| REAL NAME: | Robert Van-de-Graaff |
| NICKNAME: | Robert |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Sagittarius |
| BIRTH DAY: | Friday |
| DEATH DAY: | Monday |
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Zodiac Sign: Robert Van-de-Graaff was a Sagittarius. People of this zodiac sign like freedom, travel, philosophy, being outdoors and dislike clingy people, constrained, off-the-wall theories. The strengths of this sign are being generous, idealistic, sense of humor, while weaknesses can be to promise more than can deliver, impatient and say anything no matter how undiplomatic. The greatest overall compatibility with Sagittarius is Gemini and Aries.
Chinese Zodiac: Robert Van-de-Graaff was born in the Year of the Serpent. People born under this sign are persistent and straightforward. They have a strong faith and can be seen as stubborn in their old ways.
Ruling Planet: Robert Van-de-Graaff had a ruling planet of Jupiter and has a ruling planet of Jupiter and by astrological associations Thursday is ruled by Jupiter. This planet represents abundance, prosperity and the principle of expansion. People who are born with Jupirer as the ruling planet are optimistic and have a big appetite for life.
Robert Van-de-Graaff’s birth sign is Sagittarius and he had a ruling planet of Jupiter.
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