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Biography of Eugene Paul Wigner
17. Nov 1902 – 1. Jan 1995(92 years)Died in:Princeton, Mercer County
Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician
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Eugene Wigner (* 17. November 1902 in Budapest; † 1. January 1995 in Princeton) was a hungarian-American physicist and mathematician. He was 92 years old. He was married to Amelia Frank. His education included Fasori Gimnázium and Technische Universität Berlin. He received 10 awards, including Nobel Prize in Physics, Max Planck Medal. His cause of death was pneumonia. He was buried at Princeton Cemetery.
Life Events
21 Events1902
Born in Budapest, Hungary
1920
Technische Universität Berlin
until 1925
1927
University of Göttingen
until 1928
1928
Technische Universität Berlin
until 1933
1930
Princeton University
until 1936
1936
University of Wisconsin–Madison
until 1938
1938
Princeton University
until 1942
1942
Manhattan Project
until 1945
1945
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
until 1946
1946
Princeton University
until 1971
1950
Franklin Medal
1955
Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award
1956
Leiden University
Dutch extraordinary professor · until 1957
1958
Enrico Fermi Award
1961
Max Planck Medal
1963
Nobel Prize in Physics
1968
Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship
1969
National Medal of Science
1972
Albert Einstein Award
1978
Wigner Medal
1995