Léon Van Hove

Léon Van Hove
Van Hove in 1976
Born
Léon Charles Prudent Van Hove

(1924-02-10)10 February 1924
Brussels, Belgium
Died2 September 1990(1990-09-02) (aged 66)
Geneva, Switzerland
Known forGroenewold–van Hove theorem
Van Hove function
Van Hove singularity
AwardsMax Planck Medal (1974)
Heineman Prize (1962)
Francqui Prize (1958)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
Doctoral studentsTed Janssen

Léon Charles Prudent Van Hove (10 February 1924 – 2 September 1990) was a Belgian physicist and a Director General of CERN. He developed a scientific career spanning mathematics, solid state physics, elementary particle and nuclear physics to cosmology.

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