Researching Joseph Nordgren
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1 people with the Nordgren surname? In that year Nordgren was ranked number 3578 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Joseph means "God shall add (another son)" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Joseph Nordgren on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Joseph Nordgren and the Nordgren Family History
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Joseph Nordgren
Ernst Joseph Nordgren, born 16 November 1947 in Örebro, is a Swedish physicist.
Nordgren graduated as a B.Sc. from Uppsala University in 1971 and received his Ph.D. in physics in 1977. In 1979 he was made docent and since 1988, he is a professor of soft X-ray physics at Uppsala. Since 1 July 2008 Nordgren is vice rector for the area of science and engineering at Uppsala university.
Nordgren is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 1996, and was a member of the Nobel Committee for Physics from 2001 to 2009, and the Committee's chairman in 2008 and 2009. He is also a member of the Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Uppsala since 1981 and of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala since 2005.
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