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Peter Higgs
Peter Higgs | |
|---|---|
 Higgs in 2013 | |
| Born | Peter Ware Higgs 29 May 1929 |
| Died | 8 April 2024 (aged 94) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Known for | Broken symmetry in electroweak theory Higgs boson Higgs field Higgs mechanism |
| Awards | Wolf Prize in Physics (2004) Sakurai Prize (2010) Dirac Medal (1997) Nobel Prize in Physics (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics (theoretical) |
| Institutions | University of Edinburgh Imperial College London University College London |
| Thesis | Some problems in the theory of molecular vibrations (1955) |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles Coulson |
| Doctoral students | Christopher Bishop Lewis Ryder David Wallace |
Peter Ware Higgs CH FRS FRSE (29 May 1929 – 8 April 2024) was an English theoretical physicist, and emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh.[1]
- ↑ Griggs, Jessica. "The Missing Piece" from Edit the University of Edinburgh Alumni Magazine Summer 2008, p17
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