Memorial Page for James Hartle
American physicist
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August 20th, 2026
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James Hartle (* August 20, 1939 in Baltimore; † May 17, 2023 in Zurich) was an american physicist. He was 83 years old. His education included Princeton University and California Institute of Technology. He received 7 awards, including Sloan Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship.
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12 EventsBorn in Baltimore, Maryland
1939Institute for Advanced Study
1963member · until 1964
Princeton University
1964instructional staff · until 1966
University of California, Santa Barbara
1966professor · until 2023
University of Chicago
1981professor of physics · until 1983
Guggenheim Fellowship
1988Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1989Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
1995director · until 1997
honorary doctorate from the University of Waterloo
2004Santa Fe Institute
2006external professor · until 2023
Einstein Prize
2009Died in Zürich, Bezirk Zürich
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James Hartle. Forever remembered.