[rik-ter; Ger. rikh-tuh
r; Russ. ryeekh-tyir] 
| 1. | Burton, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976. |
| 2. | Conrad, 1890–1968, U.S. novelist. |
| 3. | Franz Xa⋅ver [ksah-vuhr] , 1709–89, German composer, born in Moravia. |
| 4. | Jean Paul Frie⋅drich [zhahn poul free-drikh] , (“Jean Paul”), 1763–1825, German author. |
| 5. | Svia⋅to⋅slav (Te⋅o⋅fi⋅lo⋅vich) [svee-at-uh-slahf tey-uh-fee-luh-vich; Russ. svyi-tuh-slahf tyi-uh-fyee-luh-vyich] , 1915–97, Russian pianist. |
| Rich·ter (rĭk'tər) American physicist. He shared a 1976 Nobel Prize for the discovery of a subatomic particle. |
Burton Richter
American physicist who was jointly awarded the 1976 Nobel Prize for Physics with Samuel C.C. Ting for the discovery of a new subatomic particle, the J/psi particle.
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