"James Alfred Van Allen"@en . "1914-09-07Z"^^ . . . . . "James Alfred Van Allen (September 7, 1914 \u2013 August 9, 2006) was an American space scientist at the University of Iowa. He was instrumental in establishing the field of magnetospheric research in space.The Van Allen radiation belts were named after him, following their discovery by his Geiger\u2013M\u00FCller tube instruments on the 1958 satellites: (Explorer 1, Explorer 3, and Pioneer 3) during the International Geophysical Year."@en . . . "Van Allen, James"@en . . . . "2006-08-09Z"^^ . . "1914Z"^^ . "American nuclear physicist" . "2006Z"^^ . .