Memorial Page for Kenneth Wilson
Nobel prize winning US physicist
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June 15th, 2026
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Biography
Kenneth G. Wilson (* June 8, 1936 in Waltham; † June 15, 2013 in Saco) was a nobel prize winning US physicist. He was 77 years old. His education included California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Harvard College and George School. His faith was Quakers. He received 10 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, Nobel Prize in Physics. His cause of death was lymphoma.
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10 EventsBorn in Waltham, Middlesex County
1936Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
1973Boltzmann Medal
1975Wolf Prize in Physics
1980Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship
1980Nobel Prize in Physics
1982Franklin Medal
1982Eringen Medal
1984Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Physics
1989Died in Saco, York County (lymphoma)
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- Edgar Bright Wilson
Kenneth Wilson. Forever remembered.