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Lev Shubnikov
1901-09-29 – 1937-11-10
Life & Legacy
Lev Vasilyevich Shubnikov (Russian: Лев Васи́льевич Шу́бников, Ukrainian: Лев Васильович Шубников; 29 September 1901 – 10 November 1937) was a Soviet experimental physicist who worked in the Netherlands and USSR. He has been referred as 'the founding father of Soviet low-temperature physics'. He is known for the discovery of the Shubnikov–de Haas effect and type-II superconductivity. He also one of the first to discover antiferromagnetism.
In 1937, he was executed during the Ukrainian Physics and Technology Institute Affair on the basis of falsified charges as part of the Great Purge.
Occupation & Career
physicist, inventor
Education
Saint Petersburg State University; Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University
Legacy Highlights
Employer
Saint Petersburg
Education & Institutions
Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University · Saint Petersburg State University
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q999467 — wikidata View source
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