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Noun: Anderson
  1. United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991)
    - Carl Anderson, Carl David Anderson
     
  2. United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941)
    - Sherwood Anderson
     
  3. United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993)
    - Marian Anderson
     
  4. United States dramatist (1888-1959)
    - Maxwell Anderson
     
  5. United States physicist who studied the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-)
    - Philip Anderson, Philip Warren Anderson, Phil Anderson

Type of: author, contralto, dramatist, nuclear physicist, physicist, playwright, writer

Encyclopedia: Anderson, Mark