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Douglas Osheroff
American physicist.
The record
Douglas Osheroff is an American physicist. Born on 1 August 1945 in Aberdeen, Osheroff is 81.
Osheroff studied at California Institute of Technology and Cornell University. Honours include Simon Memorial Prize, MacArthur Fellows Program and Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, among 8 recorded.
With a Wikipedia article in 63 languages, Douglas Osheroff is No. 48,395 in the People and Position Index.
- Born
- 1 August 1945, Aberdeen (age 81)
- Country
- United States
- Known as
- Physicist, university teacher
- Field
- Science
- Education
- California Institute of Technology, Cornell University
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 63
Did you know
1 Aug
Shares a birthday with Herman Melville and Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck.
8
One of 8 people in the Index born in Aberdeen, with Kurt Cobain.
63
Has a Wikipedia article in 63 languages.
Computed from the Index and Wikidata.
Connections
Douglas Osheroff
- SpousePhyllis Liu-Osheroff
Honours and works
Awards
- Simon Memorial Prize1976
- MacArthur Fellows Program1981
- Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize1981
- Nobel Prize in Physics1996
- Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award1998
- Continuing Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education2001
- Honorary doctorate of Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava2012
- Fellow of the American Physical Society
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- Wikidata Q206405 (facts, CC0)
- Wikimedia pageviews API (popularity)