Charles Lambert Marie Joseph Manneback (born 9 March 1894 in

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, Belgium; died 15 December 1975 in Etterbeek) was a Belgian

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, and

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at bestor.be After serving in the Belgian army during

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, he obtained a

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diploma from the

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in 1920. He then left to the United States as an exchange fellow, where he obtained an M.A. degree from the

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, and in 1922 a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering. His dissertation was advised by

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and had a subject from the theory of electromagnetic waves and the

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. He was a professor at the

, and a member of the

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References

*Marc de Hemptinne, Maurice A. Biot
"Notice sur Charles Manneback"
in Charles Lambert Manneback, 1978, pp. 1–28 *Pierre Marage
"La physique nucléaire et la physique des particules élémentaires"
in Histoire des sciences en Belgique, 1815–2000 sous la dir. De Robert Halleux, vol. 2, Bruxelles, Dexia/La Renaissance du Livre, 2001, p. 2 *Patricia Radelet, "Charles Manneback 9 mars 1894 – 15 décembre 1975, les débuts de la mécanique ondulatoire", in ''Revue des Questions Scientifiques'', t. 161, 1990, pp. 289–308 *Geert Vanpaemel

in Histoire des sciences en Belgique, 1815–2000 sous la dir. De Robert Halleux, vol. 1, Bruxelles, Dexia/La Renaissance du Livre, 2001 p. 142

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1894 births 1975 deaths Belgian physicists 20th-century Belgian mathematicians 20th-century Belgian engineers Belgian electrical engineers Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) alumni MIT School of Engineering alumni Academic staff of the Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) Members of the Royal Academy of Belgium People from Etterbeek {{physicist-stub