1920–2017
Nicolaas Bloembergen
Dutch-born American physicist
97years old at death
35,607days lived
98%of the people on this site died younger
Nicolaas Bloembergen was born on 11 March 1920 and died on 5 September 2017, aged 97 years and 178 days. That is 35,607 days in all.
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