Memorial Page for John Archibald Wheeler
American physicist
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July 9th, 2026
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John Archibald Wheeler (* July 9, 1911 in Jacksonville; † April 13, 2008 in Hightstown) was an american physicist. He was 96 years old. His education included Johns Hopkins University, New York University and Rayen High School. He received 10 awards, including Einstein Prize, Science Writing Award. His cause of death was pneumonia.
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16 EventsBorn in Jacksonville, Duval County
1911University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1935until 1938
Princeton University
1938until 1976
Leiden University
1965Dutch extraordinary professor
University of Texas at Austin
1976Niels Bohr International Gold Medal
1982Oersted Medal
1983J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize
1984Albert Einstein Medal
1988Marcel Grossmann Award
1989Oskar Klein Medal
1992Matteucci Medal
1993Wolf Prize in Physics
1996Science Writing Award
1999Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics
Einstein Prize
2003Died in Hightstown, Mercer County (pneumonia)
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John Archibald Wheeler. Forever remembered.