John D. Barrow
British scientist (1952-2020)
John David Barrow FRS (29 November 1952 – 26 September 2020) was an English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and mathematician. He was Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College from 2008 to 2011.[1]
John Barrow | |
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 John David Barrow | |
| Born | John David Barrow 29 November 1952 London, England |
| Died | 26 September 2020 (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) Zeeman Medal, London Mathematical Society and IMA (2011) Dirac Medal (2015) Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2016), Giuseppe Occhialini Medal and Prize (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| 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 |
Barrow was also a writer of popular science and an amateur playwright.[2]
He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2009.[3]
Barrow died on 27 September 2020 from colon cancer, aged 62.[4]
References
change- ↑ "DAMTP Professor John Barrow". www.damtp.cam.ac.uk.
- ↑ Marcus de Sautoy (Nov 5, 2003). "To infinity and beyond". The Guardian.
- ↑ "John D. Barrow". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "Morto John Barrow, cosmologo e divulgatore: aveva 67 anni". www.ilmessaggero.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 September 2020.
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