Memorial Page for Mitchell Feigenbaum
American mathematical physicist
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June 30th, 2026
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Mitchell Feigenbaum (* December 19, 1944 in Philadelphia; † June 30, 2019 in New York City) was an american mathematical physicist. He was 74 years old. His education included City College of New York, Samuel J. Tilden High School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received 6 awards, including MacArthur Fellows Program, Wolf Prize in Physics. His cause of death was myocardial infarction.
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10 EventsBorn in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
1944Cornell University
1970until 1972
Virginia Tech
1972until 1974
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award
1982Wolf Prize in Physics
1986The Rockefeller University
1987until 2019
Dickson Prize in Science
1988Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
2008Clarivate Citation Laureates
2017Died in New York City, New York (myocardial infarction)
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Mitchell Feigenbaum. Forever remembered.