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Biography of Burton Richter
22. Mar 1931 – 18. Jul 2018(87 years)Died in:Palo Alto, Santa Clara County
American physicist
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Burton Richter (* 22. March 1931 in New York City; † 18. July 2018 in Palo Alto) was an american physicist. He was 87 years old. His education included Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mercersburg Academy and Far Rockaway High School. He received 5 awards, including Nobel Prize in Physics, National Medal of Science. His cause of death was heart failure.
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8 Events1931
Born in New York City, New York
1963
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
until 2006
1975
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award
1976
Nobel Prize in Physics
2007
Philip Hauge Abelson Prize
2010
Enrico Fermi Award
2012
National Medal of Science
2018