{{Short description|American physicist (1915–1996)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2025}} alt=Photo of Wiegand at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory|thumb|Wiegand at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory '''Clyde Wiegand''' (May 23, 1915, Long Beach, Washington – July 5, 1996) was an American physicist.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Chamberlain, Owen|author2=Steiner, Herbert|author3-link=Thomas Ypsilantis|author3=Ypsilantis, Thomas|title=Obituary: Clyde E. Wiegand|journal=Physics Today|date=January 1997|volume=50|issue=1|pages=79–80|doi=10.1063/1.2802985|bibcode=1997PhT....50a..79C|author1-link=Owen Chamberlain|doi-access=free}}</ref>
Wiegand received his undergraduate degree from Willamette University in 1940. He began his graduate work in physics in 1941 at UC Berkeley.
He was best known for the co-discovery of the antiproton in 1955, along with Owen Chamberlain, Emilio Segrè, and Thomas Ypsilantis. He was also an important contributor to the research of the atomic bomb.
He died at his home in Oakland, California of prostate cancer, aged 81.
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==External links== *[http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/Claude-Wiegand-obit.html Obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716191943/http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/Claude-Wiegand-obit.html |date=2012-07-16 }}
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