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John Stapp

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Gender Male
Death25 years ago
Born State Of Bahia
Brazil
DiedAlamogordo
New Mexico
United States
Fields Physics
Accelerator physics
Physician
Medicinal chemistry
Resting placeFort Bliss Natl Cemetery
El Paso
Job Army officer
Biophysicist
Education The University of Texas at Austin
Baylor University
University of Minnesota Medical School
Date of birth July 11,1910
Zodiac sign Cancer
Date of died November 13,1999
Known forStudy of deceleration on humans, Stapp's Law
Awards Elliott Cresson Medal
FieldPhysics ; Physician and Medicinal science
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ID481955
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John Stapp Life story


Colonel John Paul Stapp, M.D., Ph.D., was an American career U.S. Air Force officer, flight surgeon, physician, biophysicist, and pioneer in studying the effects of acceleration forces on humans. He was a colleague and contemporary of Chuck Yeager, and became known as "the fastest man on earth".

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