caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality workplaces notable_students field birth_date known_for prizes image article_title name alma_mater
anderson 1936 11 january 1991 san marino , california , usa new york city , new york , usa united states california institute of technology donald a. glaser seth neddermeyer physics 3 september 1905 discovery of the positron discovery of the muon nobel medal -lrb- 1937 -rrb- prize in physics -lrb- 1936 -rrb- elliott cresson carl anderson.jpg carl david anderson
 carl david anderson california institute of technology -lrb- b.s. and ph.d -rrb-
carl david anderson

carl david anderson -lrb- september 3 , 1905 -- january 11 , 1991 -rrb- was an american physicist .
he is best known for his discovery of the positron in 1932 , an achievement for which he received the 1936 nobel prize in physics , and of the muon in 1936 .
