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Peter Ware Higgs was a British theoretical physicist, professor at the University of Edinburgh, and Nobel laureate in Physics for his work on the mass of subatomic particles.
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science · British theoretical physicist (1929–2024) · theoretical physicist · particle physicist · physicist · university teacher · also Peter Higgs, Higgs P, P Higgs, Peter W. Higgs, Higgs
Born 29 May 1929 · Died 8 April 2024 · Q192112
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“The existence of this particle is so crucial to understanding how the rest of the theory works as well as it already does in terms of previous experimental verifications of the structure that it was very hard for me to understand how it couldn”
Yahoo: François Englert, physicist who shared the Nobel with Peter Higgs and anticipated the ‘God particle’
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NBC News: Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the ‘God particle,’ has died at 94
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Died 2024-04-08.
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Awarded honorary doctorate of Trinity College, Dublin (2016).
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Awarded honorary doctor of Queen's University Belfast (2015).
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Won Copley Medal (2015).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews (2014).
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Awarded citizen of Edinburgh (2014).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (2014).
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The Guardian: Father of 'the God particle' Peter Higgs says fame is a bit of a nuisance
“The Higgs boson is kind of a MacGuffin”
The Guardian: Science Weekly podcast: science 2013 – from Google burger to Higgs Nobel
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
The Guardian: Peter Higgs interview: 'I have this kind of underlying incompetence'
The Guardian: Peter Higgs: I wouldn't be productive enough for today's academic system
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The Guardian: How the Science Museum brought the hunt for Higgs boson to life
Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research (2013).
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Awarded Companion of Honour (2013).
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Awarded Clarivate Citation Laureates (2013).
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Won Edinburgh Medal (2013).
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (2013).
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Awarded honorary doctor of Durham University (2013).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Manchester (2013).
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Awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge (2012).
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Awarded honorary doctor of Heriot-Watt University (2012).
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CERN announced the discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider
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Awarded Sakurai Prize (2010).
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Awarded honorary doctor of University College London (2010).
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Won Oskar Klein Medal (2009).
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Received an Honorary Fellowship from Swansea University for his work in particle physics
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By the City of Edinburgh Council to honour an outstanding individual who has made a positive impact on the city and gained national and international recognition for Edinburgh
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Awarded Wolf Prize in Physics (2004).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow (2002).
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Awarded Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics (1999).
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But in 2012, he accepted membership of the Order of the Companions of Honour
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh (1998).
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Won IOP Dirac Medal (1997).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Bristol (1997).
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Awarded High Energy and Particle Physics Prize (1997).
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Career landmark: professor emeritus (1996–2024).
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Awarded James Scott Prize Lectureship (1993).
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Awarded Fellow of the Institute of Physics (1991).
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Won Rutherford Medal and Prize (1984).
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Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1983).
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And Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP) in 1991
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Won Hughes Medal (1981).
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Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1974).
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And was promoted to a personal chair of Theoretical Physics in 1980
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But remained friends until she died in 2008
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Higgs was the single author of one of the three milestone papers published in Physical Review Letters (PRL) that proposed that spontaneous symmetry breaking in electroweak theory could explain the origin of mass of eleme
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By Philip Anderson although he did not include a crucial relativistic model
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To take up the post of Lecturer at the Tait Institute of Mathematical Physics, allowing him to settle in the city he had enjoyed while hitchhiking to the Western Highlands as a student in 1949
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Studied at King's College London, Doctor of Philosophy (1951–1954).
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With a thesis entitled Some problems in the theory of molecular vibrations from the university
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Studied at King's College London, Master of Science (1950–1951).
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Studied at King's College London, Bachelor of Science (1947–1950).
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Studied at City of London School (1946–1947).
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At the age of 17, Higgs moved to City of London School, where he specialised in mathematics, then in 1947 to King's College London, where he graduated with a first-class honours degree in physics in 1950 and achieved a m
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Studied at Cotham School (1941–1946).
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Born 1929-05-29.
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
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