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James Freeman Gilbert
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James Freeman Gilbert was an American geophysicist and university teacher. He was born in Vincennes and educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His professional career included positions at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of California, San Diego. He wrote in the English language.
Gilbert received several awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Arthur L. Day Medal, the Balzan Prize, and the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. He died in 2014 following an accidental death caused by a traffic collision.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Gilbert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Vincennes
- Occupation
- geophysicist
- Educated at
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- geophysics
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- date of death
- 2014-08-15
- date of birth
- 1931-08-09
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Commons category
- James Freeman Gilbert
- manner of death
- accidental death
- cause of death
- traffic collision
- writing language
- English language
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