Riccardo Giacconi Physicist
Riccardo Giacconi is a 87 years old physicist from Kingdom of Italy from Genoa. Riccardo Giacconi was born on October 06, 1931 (died on December 09, 2018, he was 87 years old) in Genoa.
About
No, he died on 12/09/2018, 5 years ago. He was 87 years old when he died. He died in San Diego
Awards (17)
Awarded National Medal of Science in 2003 , awarded Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1982 , awarded Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy in 1966 , awarded Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics in 1981 , awarded Bruce Medal in 1981 ,
Education
He graduated from University Of Milan
What was Riccardo's zodiac sign?Riccardo Giacconi zodiac sign was libra.
Where does He lives?
He is living in United States of America.
Other facts about Riccardo Giacconi
| AlmaMater | University of Milan |
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| Award | Nobel Prize in Physics, Elliott Cresson Medal |
| KnownFor | Astrophysics |
| Nationality | Italy, United States |
| Residence | United States |
| Place of birth | Genoa , country: Kingdom of Italy |
| Residence | United States Of America , start time: 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z , has cause: emigration |
| Country of citizenship | Kingdom Of Italy , start time: 1931-10-06T00:00:00Z , end time: 1946-06-18T00:00:00Z |
| Position held | ESO’s Director General , start time: 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z , end time: 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z , replaces: Harry van der Laan , replaced by: Catherine Cesarsky |
| Place of death | San Diego |
| Member of | American Physical Society |
| Given name | Riccardo |
| Libris-URI | Xv8bdb4g0xgr83n |
| Date of death | 2018-12-09T00:00:00Z |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | Italian |
| Name in native language | Riccardo Giacconi |
| Employer | Harvard University |
| Erdős number | 8 |
| Exact match | Http://data.nobelprize.org/resource/laureate/755 |
| Field of work | Astrophysics |
