Nelson Fuson | |
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Born | 4 September 1913 |
Died | 5 February 2006 |
Scientific career | |
Thesis | The Far Infrared Absorption Spectrum and the Rotational Structure of the Heavy Water Vapor Molecule (1938) |
Doctoral advisor | Harrison M. Randall |
Other academic advisors | David M. Dennison |
Nelson Fuson (4 September 1913 - 5 February 2006) was an American physicist and longtime professor at Fisk University. Along with his wife, Marian Darnell Fuson, the Fusons were Quaker pacifists and active in the efforts of desegregation in the Nashville area during the Civil Rights Movement.[1]