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Biography of Edward N. Lorenz
23. May 1917 – 16. Apr 2008(90 years)Died in:Cambridge, Middlesex County
American mathematician and meteorologist
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Waterville Valley Cemetery
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Edward Norton Lorenz (* 23. May 1917 in West Hartford; † 16. April 2008 in Cambridge) was an american mathematician and meteorologist. He was 90 years old. His education included Dartmouth College, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received 10 awards, including Elliott Cresson Medal, Buys Ballot Medal. His cause of death was cancer. He was buried at Waterville Valley Cemetery.
Life Events
15 Events1917
Born in West Hartford, Hartford County
1938
Harvard University
until 1941
1942
United States Air Force
until 1946
1946
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
until 1948
1969
Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal
1973
Symons Gold Medal
1983
Crafoord Prize in Geosciences
1989
Elliott Cresson Medal
1990
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1991
Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences
1992
Roger Revelle Medal
2000
International Meteorological Organization Prize
2004
Buys Ballot Medal
2004
Lomonosov Gold Medal
2008