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Memorial Page for Murray Gell-Mann
Sep 15, 1929 – May 24, 2019(89 years)Died in:Santa Fe, Santa Fe County
American physicist
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Murray Gell-Mann (* September 15, 1929 in Lower Manhattan; † May 24, 2019 in Santa Fe) was an american physicist. He was 89 years old. He was married to J. Margaret Dow and Marcia Southwick. He had 2 children. His education included Yale College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School and Jonathan Edwards College. He received 10 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, Nobel Prize in Physics. He was buried at Red Butte Cemetery.
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11 EventsBorn in Lower Manhattan, New York
1929Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
1959Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award
1966Franklin Medal
1967John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science
1968Nobel Prize in Physics
1969Guggenheim Fellowship
1971William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement
2004Humanist of the Year
2005Helmholtz Medal
2014Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe County
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