Richard E. Taylor
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Professor Richard Edward Taylor, CC, FRS, FRSC, Ph.D., M.Sc, B.Sc (born November 2, 1929 in Medicine Hat, Alberta) is a Canadian-American professor (Emeritus) at Stanford University and the laureate of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Physics.
[edit] Education
- B.Sc, 1950; M.Sc, 1952, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
- Ph.D, 1962, Stanford University.
[edit] Awards and honors
- Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, 1982.
- W.K.H. Panofsky Prize, 1989.
- Nobel Prize in Physics, 1990.
- Fellow, Guggenheim Foundation, 1971 - 1972.
- Fellow, American Physical Society.
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
- Fellow, Royal Society of Canada.
- Fellow, Royal Society of London.
- Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Member, Canadian Association of Physicists.
- Foreign Associate, National Academy of Science.
- Companion of the Order of Canada, 2005.
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