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Allen V. Astin

physicist

Allen V. Astin

American physicist

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About Allen V. Astin

Allen Varley Astin was an American physicist who served as the fifth director of the United States National Bureau of Standards from 1951 until 1969. During the Second World War he worked on the proximity fuse. He was an advocate for introduction of metric weights and measures to the United States. He was an elected member to the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences.

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physicist

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United States

Born

June 12, 1904

Died

January 28, 1984, 1984

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