William Duane was an American physicist who conducted research on radioactivity and X-rays and their usage in the treatment of cancer. He developed the Duane-Hunt Law and Duane's hypothesis. He worked with Pierre and Marie Curie in their University of Paris laboratory for six years and developed a method for generating quantities of radon-222 "seeds" from radium for usage in early forms of brachytherapy.
- Occupation
- physicist, nuclear physicist, university teacher
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 17, 1872
- Died
- March 7, 1935
