Merle Antony Tuve (27.06.1901-1982) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1946). He was born in Canton. He graduated from the University of Minnesota (1922). In 1926-66 he worked at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Washington.
His research concerned nuclear physics, accelerator technology, geophysics and radio astronomy. He obtained sources of beta rays, gamma rays and fast protons.