John Barrow
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British physicist and mathematician (1952-2020)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1952-11-29 ) 29 November 1952, London , England
- Died
- 26 September 2020 (2020-09-26) (aged 67)
- Alma mater
- Van Mildert College, Durham (BSc), Magdalen College, Oxford (DPhil)
- Awards
- Italgas Prize (2003), Templeton Prize (2006), Michael Faraday Prize (2008), Kelvin Prize (2009), Christopher Zeeman Medal (2011) , IOP Dirac Medal (2015), Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2016), Giuseppe Occhialini Medal and Prize (2019)
- Fields
- Physics , Astronomy , Mathematics , Popular science
- Institutions
- University of Cambridge , Gresham College , University of California, Berkeley , University of Oxford , University of Sussex
- Thesis
- Non-Uniform Cosmological Models (1977)
- Doctoral advisor
- Dennis William Sciama
- Doctoral students
- Peter Coles , David Wands
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Family name
- Barrow
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- cosmologist
- Educated at
- University of Oxford
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Dennis W. Sciama
- Field of work
- drama
- Image
- John Barrow - fixed colors.jpg
- Work location
- England
- Residence
- Cambridge
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- member of
- Academia Europaea
- date of birth
- 1952-11-29
- Erdős number
- 2
- date of death
- 2020-09-26
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- Colorectal cancer
- name in native language
- John David Barrow
- different from
- John Barrow
- Commons category
- John David Barrow
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- described at URL
- www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/people/j.d.barrow
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Encyclopedic overview
John David Barrow FRS (29 November 1952 – 26 September 2020) was an English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and mathematician. He served as Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College from 2008 to 2011. Barrow was also a writer of popular science and an amateur playwright.
Education
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