Jan Tauc, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Tauc

Czech-American physicist

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1922

Place of Birth: Pardubice, Pardubice Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 28-Dec-2010

Profession: physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Jan Tauc (; 15 April 1922 – 28 December 2010) was a Czech-American physicist who introduced the concepts of Tauc gap and Tauc plot to the optical characterization of solids.
Born in Bohemia, he emigrated to the United States in 1969, where he received citizenship in 1978, and worked for the rest of his life.