Robert Hofstadter American physicist and Nobel laureate
Robert Hofstadter is a 75 years old American physicist and Nobel laureate from New York City, New York. Robert Hofstadter was born on February 05, 1915 (died on November 17, 1990, he was 75 years old) in New York City, New York.
About
No, he died on 11/17/1990, 33 years ago. He was 75 years old when he died. He died in Stanford
Family
Child
He had one child, Douglas (79, American academic and author) . When his first child, Douglas Hofstadter, was born, Robert Hofstadter was 30 years old.
Awards (6)
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics in 1961 , awarded National Medal of Science in 1986 , awarded Silver Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Theoretical Physics in 1987 , awarded John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship , awarded Humboldt Prize ,
Education
He graduated from Princeton University and City College Of New York
What was Robert's zodiac sign?Robert Hofstadter zodiac sign was aquarius.
Other facts about Robert Hofstadter
| AlmaMater | Princeton University, City College of New York |
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| Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Place of death | Stanford |
| KnownFor | Electron scattering, Atomic nucleus |
| Place of birth | New York City , located in the administrative territorial entity: New York |
| Date of death | 1990-11-17T00:00:00Z |
| Erdős number | 5 |
| Member of | American Academy Of Arts And Sciences |
| Field of work | Physics |
| Exact match | Http://data.nobelprize.org/resource/laureate/75 |
| Family name | Hofstadter. Show people with the surname Hofstadter |
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| Libris-URI | Hftwzn514sbfg42 |
| Given name | Robert |
| Employer | Stanford University |
| Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
