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Samuel Frederick Edwards was a British theoretical physicist and university teacher born in Swansea in 1928. He worked in condensed matter physics, molecular physics, and scientific publication. His academic career included positions at the University of Cambridge, University of Manchester, University of Birmingham, and the Institute for Advanced Study. He was educated at Gonville and Caius College and Harvard University, where he studied under Julian Schwinger.
Edwards received the Royal Medal, Maxwell Medal and Prize, Davy Medal, and Boltzmann Medal. He was a member of the Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, and French Academy of Sciences. His doctoral students included Michael Cates and Elliott H. Lieb. He died in Cambridge in 2015.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Samuel
- Family name
- Edwards
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Swansea
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- editor
- Employer
- Institute for Advanced Study
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Julian Schwinger
- Student of
- Julian Schwinger
- Doctoral student
- Elliott H. Lieb
- Field of work
- scientific publication
- Image
- SamEdwardsBetter.jpg
- Work location
- Cambridge
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- member of
- Learned Society of Wales
- date of birth
- 1928-02-01
- Commons category
- Sam Edwards (physicist)
- date of death
- 2015-05-07
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