Bjørn Wiik, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bjørn Wiik

Norwegian physicist

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1937

Place of Birth: Bruvik, Hordaland, Norway

Date of Death: 26-Feb-1999

Profession: physicist, university teacher

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Bjørn Håvard Wiik (born 17 February 1937 in Bruvik, Norway; died 26 February 1999 in Hamburg, Germany) was a Norwegian elementary particle physicist, noted for his role on the experiment that produced the first experimental evidence for gluons and for his influential role on later accelerator projects.
Wiik was director of DESY, in Hamburg, Germany, from 1993 until his death.