Russian scientist | jubilee medal «1000th Anniversary of the Repose of Saint Prince Vladimir» | Orel State University | Moscow: May 29, 1977 - Amsterdam
Peter Higgs
- Newcastle upon Tyne: May 29, 1929 celebration
- Edinburgh: April 8, 2024 celebration



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Peter Higgs -
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Peter Higgs -
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celebration Date of birth
Newcastle upon Tyne: May 29, 1929 -
deceased Rest in Peace
Edinburgh: April 8, 2024 -
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https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/higgs -
engineering Field of Work
- Higgs boson
- theoretical physics
- molecular physics
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school Education
- King's College London
- Cotham School
- City of London School
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trophy Awards & Honors
- Fellow of the Institute of Physics (1991)
- Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics (1999)
- honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (2014)
- Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research (2013)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1974)
- IOP Dirac Medal (1997)
- Edinburgh Medal (2013)
- Nobel Prize in Physics (2013)
- honorary doctorate of Trinity College, Dublin (2016)
- High Energy and Particle Physics Prize (1997)
- Copley Medal (2015)
- honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow (2002)
- honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge (2012)
- Hughes Medal (1981)
- Companion of Honour (2013)
- Clarivate Citation Laureates (2013)
- Sakurai Prize (2010)
- James Scott Prize Lectureship (1993)
- honorary doctor of Queen's University Belfast (2015)
- citizen of Edinburgh (2014)
- honorary doctor of the University of Manchester (2013)
- Rutherford Medal and Prize (1984)
- honorary doctor of Durham University (2013)
- honorary doctor of University College London (2010)
- honorary doctor of the University of Bristol (1997)
- honorary doctor of Heriot-Watt University (2012)
- Oskar Klein Medal (2009)
- Fellow of the Royal Society (1983)
- honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews (2014)
- honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh (1998)
- Wolf Prize in Physics (2004)
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social_leaderboard Notable Works
- Higgs boson
- British physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1929–2024) | Fellow of the Institute of Physics (1991), Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics (1999)